Iranian FM, Brahimi discuss Syria on phone

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed Syria's latest developments in a phone conversation. During their phone talk, the Iranian foreign minister underlined the need paying attention to a political solution to the Syrian crisis and focusing on Syrian-Syrian dialogue, Fars News Agency reported. At a Friday news conference after a day of meetings with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Syria’s neighbors Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Iraq, Brahimi said that about 30 countries would be invited to a one-day meeting on January 22 in the Swiss city of Montreux. He added that Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Brazil, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates will be among the invitees. "Iran is not off the list for the moment," he noted. "The US is still not convinced Iran's participation would be the right thing to do," said Brahimi.