Sputnik- The Russian negotiator at Geneva talks in Syria, Sergei Vershinin, said on Monday he does not rule out a possible meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari.





GENEVA (Sputnik)�� Vershinin said that the Russian side is ready to�hold talks with�all participants of�the negotiating process.

"We are ready to�meet with�all participants of�the [intra-Syrian] dialogue," Vershinin, the Russian Foreign Ministry's Middle East and North Africa Department director, told reporters in�Geneva when asked whether he was going to�meet with�Ansari as�well as�Syrian opposition groups, including the High Negotiations Committee (HNC).

Earlier in�the day, it was said that the Moscow platform of�Syrian opposition will meet with�the Russian Foreign Ministry's officials in�Geneva on�Wednesday.

Also on�Wednesday, a diplomatic source told Sputnik that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov would meet with�the Syrian government delegation and opposition groups, including Moscow and Cairo platforms and the High Negotiations Committee (HNC) on�Wednesday on�the sidelines of�the talks in�Geneva. According to�the source, discussion of�a wide spectrum of�issues related to�the intra-Syrian talks is planned with�a view of�reaching the Syrian settlement based on�the UNSC Resolution 2254.

The fourth round�of the intra-Syrian talks between�the government and opposition factions under�the auspices of�the United Nations began in�Geneva on�Thursday.