Iran’s FM discusses coronavirus with his Austrian counterpart
Tehran (IP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif, in a phone conversation with the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, discussed the latest coronavirus outbreak and Iran's actions and coordinated efforts to tackle the virus issue.
Iran Press/Iran news: Mohammad Javad Zarif, on Wednesday, continued his consultations with his counterparts in several countries on the coronavirus and had a phone conversation with the Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg.
The Iranian Foreign Minister also called Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis this afternoon and spoke with him about the virus outbreak.
He also spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this morning about the virus, and the latest regional developments as well as Syria.
The Foreign Ministers of Iran also had a telephone conversation with his Norwegian counterpart Ine Marie Eriksen Søreide, discussing the two countries' joint efforts to combat the coronavirus.
On Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi announced Zarif's further consultations with some European Foreign Ministers on working together to tackle the coronavirus, and referred to consultation with the European Commission to exploit its potential in the field.
The coronavirus outbreak began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, and appears to have been originated from non-domesticated animals. Chinese officials now admit that the virus probably spread in Wuhan in November or even earlier.
More than 3,100 people have died and over 93,000 have been infected worldwide. The vast majority of cases are in China.
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