MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said on Tuesday it is a good time for restarting the intra-Syrian talks.

"It is a good time for helping Syrian people and for the start of the talks on the search of a political solution of the Syrian crisis," Zarif said, adding that the problem should be solved only by political means.

UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Monday that the UN plans to resume intra-Syrian talks in Geneva on February 8, 2017.