Rouhani: Iran ready to talk to US, Saudi Arabia about Syria

8 September 2015, 2:40 pm

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Iran’s president says that his country is ready to hold talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia on ways to resolve Syria’s civil war, providing such negotiations can secure peace and democracy in conflict-torn Syria.

Hassan Rouhani’s remarks come during a press conference with visiting Austrian counterpart Heinz Fischer, when the Iranian leader was asked if he would sit down and negotiate with the Saudis and Americans on the Syrian crisis.

“Iran will sit at any table with regional countries and world powers if the outcome will be a safer, stable and democratic future for Syria,” Rouhani says, adding this is part of Iran’s commitment to “international, Islamic and humane” norms.

— AP