During the meeting on Tuesday evening, Zarif welcomed de Mistura's view exchanges with the Syrian officials and different groups to reach a comprehensive political agreement, and underlined the need for effective and unbiased activity of the UN envoy for Syria.
He referred to the presence of different terrorist groups in Syria, specially the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and said, "Fighting terrorism that the Islamic Republic of Iran had stressed as its priority since the very first day, has today turned into a priority for the international community."
De Mistura, for his part, underlined the necessity for reaching comprehensive reconciliation among all sides in Syria, and said he has had meetings with President Bashar al-Assad and other officials as well as moderate opposition groups in the country and plans to meet the regional officials, including Iranians, in his upcoming visits to different countries of the region.