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Al Jazeera Staff

Russia, Turkiye, Iran want ‘immediate end’ to fighting in Syria: Lavrov

'We agreed today with Iran and Turkiye to issue a strong call,' Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the Doha Forum in Qatar [File: Florion Goga/Reuters]

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has said he and his Iranian and Turkish counterparts are calling for “an end to hostile activities” in Syria, where opposition fighters have made a rapid advance in a major challenge to President Bashar al-Assad.

Speaking to Al Jazeera at the Doha Forum in the Qatari capital on Saturday, Lavrov said Russia, Iran and Turkiye expressed support for “dialogue between the government and legitimate opposition” in Syria.

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