Foreign Minister To Participate In Lausanne Meeting to Discuss Syrian Crisis

BAGHDAD / NINA / Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari will participate in a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, scheduled to discuss the Syrian crisis. The spokesman of Foreign Ministry, Jamal Ahmed said in a press release that: Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari will participate on Saturday in Lausanne meeting to discuss the Syrian crisis. It is mentioned that Lausanne meeting will discuss the Syrian crisis in the presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry, as well as representatives from Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar at the meeting. It is said that Iran has refused to participate in the meeting. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his US counterpart John Kerry will attend a meeting in Lausanne on Saturday to discuss the Syrian crisis. It added that the two ministers agreed to hold a meeting to study the additional steps that can be taken to reach a settlement in Syria and representatives from Saudi Arabia and Turkey will participate in the talks. / End