Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad (L) leaves the headquarters of the Russian foreign ministry in Moscow, November 18, 2013. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia hosted Syrian and Iranian delegations for separate rounds of talks on Monday in a renewed diplomatic push for a Syrian peace conference in which Moscow says Tehran must play a role.
President Vladimir Putin, who has stepped up his personal involvement on the Syrian issue, also called Iran's president to discuss the conflict as well as efforts to end the dispute over Tehran's nuclear programme.
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