 Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi wound up a short visit to Syria and left here for Tehran Saturday night.
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Kharrazi, who was here at the head of a political delegation, discussed with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara settlement of the ongoing crisis in the region. Talking to reporters, the Iranian minister assessed regional developments after the assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri as `unpleasant'.
He urged the regional states to have more contacts and consultations to prevent escalation of crisis in the sensitive Middle East region. Kharrazi, in a meeting with his Syrian counterpart here Saturday, stressed the important role Damascus plays in Arab and the Islamic world and added that the economic cooperation between Iran and Syria are expanding. He further referred to Tehran-Damascus relations as close and amicable. He expressed hope that bilateral consultations between the two states would be constructive for the entire region. In the meeting, Kharrazi and al-Shara also exchanged views on the latest developments in the occupied lands. The two ministers expressed their disgust over US false policies, stressing that injustice, discrimination and growing terrorism stem from the US continued support for the Zionist regime.
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