MOSCOW, December 20. /TASS/. The Iranian Defense Ministry is ready for cooperation on the issues of the Syrian crisis settlement, Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan said at a meeting with his Russian counterpart Army General Sergei Shoigu on Tuesday.

"We have held two telephone talks and taken efforts to show the Iranian side’s will to promote cooperation with you so that certain transparent points can be achieved at a meeting with the participation of the foreign ministers," Dehghan said.