REUTERS
Saudi Arabia will take part in talks on Syria in Vienna on Friday to test the willingness of Russia and Iran, the Syrian government's main backers, for a political solution to the conflict, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday, according to Reuters.
"The view of our partners...was that we should test the intentions of the Iranians and the Russians in arriving at a political solution in Syria, which we all prefer," al-Jubeir told at a news conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh with the participation of British Foreign Minister Philipp Hammond, Reuters has reported.
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Russia and Iran have recently stepped up their military support to the regime of Bashar al-Assad.