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17 January 2014 - 00:56

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian is due to visit Turkey on Thursday as part of Tehran-Ankara exchange of visits and consultations over Syria.

Amir Abdollahian is due to visit Turkey today at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Omar Unhun.

The deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Syria and the upcoming international Geneva II conference on Syria are among the main topics to be dealt with during his stay in the neighboring country.

International Conference on Syria will be held on January 22 with the participation of representatives from several countries, the Syrian government officials and opponents.

Iranian officials have repeatedly underlined that Tehran is in favor of negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups to create stability in the Middle Eastern country.

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.
 

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