19.05 Lavrov Discussed Iranian Role in Syria Peace Talks
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov revealed on Sunday that he had discussed Irans possible involvement in a conference to resolve the war in Syria, when he met his US counterpart John Kerry early in May.
The Russians and Americans agreed during Kerrys visit to Moscow to set up a conference of international players to end the war in Syria. Moscow wants to involve all the nations which took part in the Geneva conference on Syria last summer, and says without Irans participation the conference cannot succeed.
Saudi Arabia and Iran were not involved in the Geneva talks, Lavrov recalled.
Our American partners blocked Iran, and the Saudis were not invited as
