Syrian prime minister to visit Tehran on Monday

Khamis travel to Iran follows Shamkhani's last week visit to Syria where he met with the senior officials of the Arab country.

Khamis and Shamkhani are expected to continue Tehran-Damascus consultations and pursue implementation of bilateral agreements in various economic, political and security fields.

The two are also to discuss preservation and development of recent achievements made in Syria, liberation of the strategic city of Aleppo in particular.

Khamis and Shamkhani will further confer joint political processes to resolve the Syrian crisis.

Enhancements of Tehran-Damascus relations in economic, strategic and infrastructural fields are also to be discussed in the meeting of the Iranian and Syrian officials.

Shamkhani visited Syria last Sunday and met with the country's President Bashar al-Assad.

During the meeting, Shamkhani underlined inter-Syrian political dialogue and stressed that the United Nations and other effective states should only play a facilitating role in resolving the Syrian crisis.

He also noted that all parties have to try to transfer the venue of talks to Damascus as the capital of sovereign and united Syria.

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