Men carry girls that survived double airstrikes on the rebel held Bab al-Nairab neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, August 27, 2016. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

TEHRAN, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- A major agreement is imminent on settling the situation in Syria's Aleppo, the visiting Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov told Iranian Tasnim news agency on Wednesday.

"We are a couple of steps away from what I hope would be a ground-breaking deal on resolving the particular situation around Aleppo," Ryabkov said.

"Our (Russian and American) military officials will meet again in the next few hours to finalize the deal. We are not there yet," he said without elaborating on the ongoing talks between the two world powers.

Ryabkov arrived in Tehran on an official visit Wednesday to meet with senior Iranian officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi, to discuss topics of mutual interest.