Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian will attend international talks on the Syrian conflict this weekend in Vienna, official IRNA news agency reported Friday.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian will attend international talks on the Syrian conflict this weekend in Vienna, official IRNA news agency reported Friday.

The talks due to start Saturday will bring together 17 countries and three international bodies and are the second round of negotiations between foreign actors with a stake in Syria's war.

An Iranian delegation led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif took part in the first round of talks on October 30.

Zarif is not expected to be present in Vienna, as he will be accompanying President Hasan Rouhani to Italy and France on Saturday and Sunday.

"We will definitely participate in the process," spokesman Sadegh Hussein Jaberi Ansari said late Thursday.