Iranian Envoy Calls for Political Solution to Syrian Crisis
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian diplomat stressed the necessity of an immediate halt to the ongoing bloodsheds in Syria, and renewed Tehran’s call for finding a political solution to the crisis in Syria and preventing foreign military intervention, according to FNA.
Iran’s New Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Geneva, Switzerland, Mohsen Naziri Asl made the remarks addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday.
Naziri Asl also rejected any military intervention in Syria, voicing Iran’s support for the legitimate rights of the Syrian nation.
Iran hosted the international ‘Friends of Syria’ conference on May 29 to find a peaceful solution to the ongoing crisis in the Muslim country.
High-ranking officials and representatives of over 40 world countries and regional and international organizations are present in the daylong meeting being held under the motto of ‘Political Solution, Regional Stability’.
Iranian officials have repeatedly underlined that Tehran is in favor of negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups to create stability in the Middle Eastern country.
Last November, Iran hosted a meeting between the representatives of the Syrian government and opposition to encourage them to start talks to find a political solution to their problems. The National Dialogue Conference kicked off work in Tehran mid-November with the motto of ‘No to Violence, Yes to Democracy”.
The meeting brought together almost 200 representatives of various Syrian ethnicities, political groups, minorities, the opposition, and state officials.
R.Sawas