Ankara summit links Astana cooperation to Syrian political process

Rouhani, Putin and Erdogan met in Tehran and issued a joint statement on Syria, continuing coordination through the Astana format and discussing the political process.

Iran, Russia and Turkey concluded an Astana meeting with a joint statement urging further work toward a Syrian constitutional committee and political process.

The foreign ministers of Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Geneva over Syria, issuing a joint statement on efforts to establish a constitutional committee with UN facilitation.

Rouhani, Putin and Erdogan held a Syria summit in Sochi, agreeing to continue trilateral coordination and efforts toward a political process.

Zarif and Lavrov held talks in Moscow on bilateral cooperation, the Iran nuclear agreement and Syria, including preparations for another Astana-format presidential summit.

The interim preferential trade agreement between Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union, including Russia, entered into force, beginning application of its agreed trading provisions.

Iran began pouring first concrete for Bushehr unit 2 in cooperation with Russia, moving the nuclear expansion beyond the earlier groundbreaking ceremony.

Iran, Russia and Turkey ended a Nur-Sultan meeting with a joint statement welcoming the formation and first meeting of Syria’s constitutional committee in Geneva.

Iran, Russia and China began a four-day joint naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman, expanding practical maritime cooperation among the three states.

Russia’s foreign ministry condemned the US strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, warning that it would increase regional tensions.