Rouhani - Stability and security of Syria an important goal for Iran

Rouhani - Stability and security of Syria an important goal for Iran
FILE PHOTO: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a joint news conference with his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan (not pictured) after their meeting in Ankara, Turkey, December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo Copyright Umit Bektas(Reuters)
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GENEVA (Reuters) - The stability and complete security of Syria is an important regional goal for the Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday in a meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem in Tehran, according to the Tasnim news agency.

"One of the important regional and foreign policy goals of the Islamic Republic is the stability and complete security of Syria," he said. "And establishing normal conditions in Syria and the return of the people of this country to their normal lives."

(Reporting By Babak Dehghanpisheh; Editing by Hugh Lawson)

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