Participating in the 30 October Vienna talks were the US, UK, Russia, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Jordan, France, Germany as well as the European Union.[10][3] Iran took part in international Syrian peace negotiations for the first time;[11] the offer of inviting Iran had been made by Russia and initially met resistance on the part of the United States[3] and Saudi Arabia.[12][13] No Syrian representative was invited to participate.[5]