TEHRAN, Dec 25: Iran's top diplomat has said it is too soon to judge Syria's future as many developments could affect it after his counterpart in the fledgling Syrian government heavily criticised Tehran.
"I think it is currently too soon to judge, both for us and for those others who think victories were won in Syria," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said with a smile in a short clip of an interview released on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.
The comments came after Syria's new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani told Iran it must respect the will of the Syrian people and the country's sovereignty and security.
"We warn them against spreading chaos in Syria and we hold them responsible for the repercussions of the latest remarks," he said, but did not specify the remarks he was referring to.
Araghchi has led Iran's diplomatic response in the aftermath of the fall of longtime Tehran ally Bashar al-Assad, which has consisted of expressing a willingness to maintain bilateral relations while caveating that that would heavily depend on the country's position concerning Israel.
But Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has described the events in Syria as a ploy by the United States and Israel - with agency by neighbouring Turkiye - has employed stronger language. —AL JAZEERA
