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Russia, Turkey and Iran have a key role in shaping Syria’s future and must oppose Western goals to “carve up” the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday. Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were visiting Tehran to hold talks with their Iranian counterpart, Ebrahim Raisi. The official purpose of the summit was to discuss the situation in Syria, but the war in Ukraine, the dispute over Ukrainian grain exports and the Iran nuclear deal were also among the topics discussed. Raisi called for a diplomatic solution to the long-running Syrian civil war that guarantees t…