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Kremlin says Putin does not plan to meet with Syrian, Iranian foreign ministers

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Syrian top diplomat Walid Muallem will hold talks with Sergey Lavrov on October 28

MOSCOW, October 26. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin does not plan to meet with the Syrian and Iranian foreign ministers who are expected to visit Moscow on October 28, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told TASS.

Earlier a source in the Russian foreign ministry announced the arrival of Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Syrian top diplomat Walid Muallem. On Wednesday the Russian foreign ministry said that Lavrov and Muallem will discuss the military, political and humanitarian situation in Syrian during bilateral talks on October 28.

"The parties will focus on the situation in Aleppo, and the efforts by the Russian and Syrian military in continuing to fight IS (Islamic State terror group, outlawed in Russia) and Jabhat an-Nusra (terror group, outlawed in Russia), provide civilians with humanitarian aid, first and foremost food, medicines and basic necessities," the ministry said in a statement.