Athens: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier played down expectations of a breakthrough at an international meeting on the Syrian conflict in Vienna on Friday.
"Tomorrow still won't be the breakthrough," Steinmeier said on Thursday during a visit to Athens.
Friday's multilateral meeting in the Austrian capital is the first to include Iran in efforts to find a political solution to end the four-year-long Syrian civil war, in which at least 200,000 people have died and millions have been displaced.
"These are issues, which... could be on the table tomorrow, and that is important enough," he said.
"Tomorrow still won't be the breakthrough," Steinmeier said on Thursday during a visit to Athens.
Friday's multilateral meeting in the Austrian capital is the first to include Iran in efforts to find a political solution to end the four-year-long Syrian civil war, in which at least 200,000 people have died and millions have been displaced.
"These are issues, which... could be on the table tomorrow, and that is important enough," he said.
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