Lavrov: Iran must participate in talks on Syria

Moscow dismissed on Friday US and British objections to Iran’s
participation in an international conference on Syria, RIA-Novosti reports.
Lavrov stated that Russia is convinced that Iran should participate in that
conference.
“When the Americans had to ensure additional security for their troops in
Iraq and Afghanistan they had no problem talking directly to Iran,”
RIA-Novosti quotes.
An international conference on Syria is to be held in Geneva on June 30.
According to Russia, the conferernce should include all the permanent
members of the UN Security Council, Syria's neighbors (Iraq, Turkey,
Jordan, Lebanon), as well as key players in the region (Saudi Arabia,
Qatar, Iran) and international organizations (League of Arab States, the
European Union).