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\n TEHRAN
\nIran has welcomed the possibility of a rapprochement between its ally Syria and Turkey, the main backer of the political and armed opposition to Damascus for more than a decade.
\n\u201cWe are happy with the dialogue taking place between Syria and Turkey, and we believe that it will reflect positively between the two countries,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said on Friday during a visit to Beirut.
\nHe made the comments on the heels of a statement by Syria\u2019s president, Bashar al-Assad, that said a Moscow-brokered rapprochement with his foe Turkey should aim for the end of Ankara\u2019s \u201coccupation\u201d of northwestern Syria, one of the few safe havens for the opposition.
\nHe also said that Turkey had to halt support for \u201cterrorism\u201d, an apparent reference to support for the rebels.
\nAl-Assad made the remarks on Thursday in a meeting in Damascus with the Russian presidential envoy for Syria, Alexander Lavrentiev. The comments followed a meeting between the Turkish and Syrian defence ministers in Moscow on December 28.
\nMoscow is supporting a rapprochement between Damascus and Ankara. The aim is to have meetings between the two countries\u2019 foreign ministers and eventually presidents.
\nLavrentiev said Moscow viewed the defence ministers meeting \u201cpositively\u201d and hoped to develop talks \u201cto the level of foreign ministers\u201d, Syrian state news agency SANA reported.
\nThe rapprochement, al-Assad said, \u201cshould be coordinated between Syria and Russia in advance in order to \u2026 produce tangible results sought by Syria\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
happy moment TEHRAN Iran has welcomed the possibility of a rapprochement between its ally Syria and Turkey, the main backer of the political and armed opposition to Damascus for more than a decade. \u201cWe are happy with the dialogue taking place between Syria and Turkey, and we believe that it will reflect positively between the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-307404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"\n