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Russia: rescinding invitation to Iran a mistake

By Vladimir Isachenkov
Published January 21, 2014 10:39am ET
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Russia: rescinding invitation to Iran a mistake
The United Nations Security Council meets at U.N. headquarters, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014. Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council on Monday morning that he will have more to say on his invitation for Iran to join this week's peace talks on Syria later in the day.(AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) | Craig Ruttle

MOSCOW (AP) — The U.N. chief’s decision to rescind the invitation to Iran to join this week’s Syria peace talks was a mistake but not a catastrophe, Russia’s foreign minister said Tuesday.

Sergey Lavrov said that Ban Ki-moon’s decision to withdraw his last-minute offer to Iran to attend the conference set to begin Wednesday in the Swiss resort of Montreux would have a negative impact on the United Nations image.

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