Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday the United Nations had withdrawn Tehran's invitation to highly anticipated peace talks on Syria "under pressure".
"We regret that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has withdrawn the invitation under pressure," Zarif said in remarks reported by the ISNA news agency.
In an abrupt reversal, the United Nations barred Iran from this week's Syria peace conference after it refused to back calls for a transitional government to end the country's war.
The unprecedented diplomatic action averted a Syrian opposition boycott of the talks, which are scheduled start in the Swiss town of Montreux on Wednesday.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Tuesday the United Nations had withdrawn Tehran’s invitation to highly anticipated peace talks on Syria “under pressure”.
“We regret that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has withdrawn the invitation under pressure,” Zarif said in remarks reported by the ISNA news agency.
In an abrupt reversal, the United Nations barred Iran from this week’s Syria peace conference after it refused to back calls for a transitional government to end the country’s war.
The unprecedented diplomatic action averted a Syrian opposition boycott of the talks, which are scheduled start in the Swiss town of Montreux on Wednesday.
