EU’s Mogherini in Tehran, to Visit Riyadh for Syria Talks

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The European Union's diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini arrived in Iran for talks on the Syrian conflict, a statement by the semi-official ISNA news agency said on Friday.

The visit comes in the framework of decisions taken by the Foreign Affairs Council and the European Council last week to engage in dialogues with key regional actors on the Syrian crisis.

Mogherini will visit Riyadh on Monday for "senior level talks" continuing the EU's "outreach to key actors in the region on the Syrian crisis", a statement said.

Mogherini's visit comes a day after foreign ministers of Iran, Russia, and Syria sat down for talks in Moscow for a trilateral meeting on the Syrian crisis.

During the meeting, the three senior diplomats censured US for its unconstructive measures in combating terrorism in Syria, and stressed Syrian-Syrian talks as the only viable way to settle the crisis in the war-torn country.

More than 300,000 people had lost their lives and millions forced to flee their homes since Syria's conflict erupted in March 2011.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team