The meeting was held after Zarif met Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad who appreciated Iran for its firm and steady position in support of the Syrian people.
Zarif arrived in Damascus this morning to have separate meetings with senior Syrian officials.
The top Iranian diplomat wrapped up his daylong visit to Jordan this morning, and departed for the Syrian capital to discuss the latest developments in the Muslim country, brief Damascus officials on Iran's latest stances on Syria and explore avenues for the further expansion of the bilateral ties in meetings with senior Syrian officials.
Zarif traveled to Lebanon on Sunday and held different meetings with senior Lebanese officials in Beirut.
He, then, departed for the Iraqi capital and in a meeting with Iraqi senior officials on Tuesday, discussed the latest security developments there as well as enhancement of bilateral ties between the two neighboring nations.
Later on Tuesday, the Iranian minister left Baghdad for Amman and held meetings with senior Jordanian officials on bilateral ties and regional developments, specially in Syria.
Iran has always underlined a negotiated end to the crisis in Syria, reiterating that a halt in the arms flow to anti-government militants is the prerequisite to any diplomatic solution to the Syrian problem.
In November 2012, Iran hosted a meeting between the representatives of the Syrian government and opposition to encourage them to start talks to find a political solution to their problems. The National Dialogue Conference kicked off work in Tehran mid November with the motto of “No to Violence, Yes to Democracy”.
The meeting brought together almost 200 representatives of various Syrian ethnicities, political groups, minorities, the opposition, and state officials.
The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.
The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.
As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.
Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.
