Iran’s Deputy FM Due in Moscow Wednesday
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian will visit Moscow on Wednesday to meet his Russian counterpart for talks on regional issues.
The issue was announced by Iran’s embassy in Moscow on Tuesday.
The visit by Amir Abdollahian will take place as foreign-backed militants shell two mosques, a hospital and several neighborhoods in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, killing dozens of people and injuring many others.
Over the past few days, foreign-backed militants have conducted rocket attacks on several government-controlled neighborhoods in Aleppo, leaving heavy casualties and a ceasefire deal in tatters.
Also on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters after talks with UN envoy Staffan de Mistura in Moscow that a cessation of hostilities could be announced in Aleppo "in the next few hours."
"I am hoping that in the near future, maybe even in the next few hours such a decision will be announced,” Lavrov said
Several hospitals and clinics have previously been hit by deadly militant attacks in the embattled city.
