Kerry and Zarif to parley ahead of Syria talks

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Iranian counterpart in Vienna on Thursday afternoon, ahead of multilateral talks over the Syrian conflict later in the day, a senior State Department official says.

John Kerry shakes hands with US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer after arriving in Vienna, Austria, on October 29, 2015. (US State Department)
John Kerry shakes hands with US Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Daniel Baer after arriving in Vienna, Austria, on October 29, 2015. (US State Department)

The meeting will be the first high-level powwow between the two since they brokered a nuclear deal in July.

Tehran is taking part for the first time in international negotiations aimed at resolving the war, as key nations backing Syria’s warring sides seek to thrash out differences.

— AFP

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