TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has announced that foreign ministers of Iran, Turkey, and Egypt will hold a meeting on Syria in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Salehi made the remarks in an opening speech of the Syrian national dialogue meeting, which was held in Tehran on Sunday on the theme of “No to Violence, Yes to Democracy.”
About 200 Syrian figures, including religious leaders, party leaders, political figures, tribal chiefs, and representatives of Syrian opposition groups as well as representatives from Turkey, Egypt, Iraq, and a number of other countries attended the meeting.
Salehi stated that the foreign ministerial meeting will be held a day before the summit of the D-8 group of developing countries in the Pakistani capital.
It will be the third time that the Iranian, Turkish, and Egyptian foreign ministers will discuss Syria.
They held their first meeting in Cairo on September 17.