Iran Press: A senior aide to Iran's foreign minister, Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Britain's special envoy to Syria, Martin Longden, met in Tehran on Saturday afternoon. Both diplomats expressed their concern over the current situation in Syria, and future of Idlib province in the northwest of the country, as well as possible use of chemical weapons in the region, MNA reported .
Jaberi Ansari reiterated that humanitarian issues have always been important to Iran, and that Tehran has always been clear and transparent with regards to its Syria policy.
Stating that Iran, as a victim of chemical weapons, strongly opposes use of such weapons in any conflict, the senior aide to Zarif expressed Iran's strong objection and opposition to "staging of chemical attacks", whereby some countries carefully choreograph "fake chemical attacks" as a tool to achieving certain objectives.
Hailing the Astana Process on Syria, Jaberi Ansari said “Iran has always called for dialogue among Syrians and has always supported negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups.”
A new round of international talks on the Syria crisis were hold in Kazakhstan on May 16, 2018.
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Jaberi Ansari also expressed Iran’s readiness to cooperate with European countries, and Britain in particular, to help end the ongoing crises in Syria and Yemen.
Martin Longden, for his part, describing his country's policies on the Syrian crisis, expressed his concern over the current situation and future of Idlib province (northwest of Syria) and the possible use of chemical weapons in this region.
He also welcomed Tehran-London cooperation on the Syrian crisis and expressed his country’s readiness to help end the crisis in Syria, and restore stability to the country.
The Russian defense ministry announced August 25 that terrorists and their western supporters are preparing to stage a new "fake chemical attack" in Syria.
Syrian ambassador to the United Nations Bashar al-Jafari also said on Tuesday that elements of the Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist group, coordinated by Western countries, have transferred eight Clare gas bombs to Idlib in recent days, for possible use against the civilian population.
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