Rohani: No Military Solution to Crisis in Syria…Kirchner: Parties Supplying Opposition with Weapons Should be Uncovered

New York- Speeches delivered by a number of state leaders during the United Nations General Assembly meeting on Tuesday in New York stressed the need for more efforts to attain a political solution to the crisis in Syria. The leaders warned that the escalating extremism and terrorism in the region will threaten regional and international peace and security.

In his statement, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed that there is no military solution to the crisis in Syria and the use of force will only exacerbate the crisis.

He welcomed Syria’s joining of the Organization for the Prohibiting of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and warned that the greatest threat to the Middle East is the danger of chemical weapons falling into the hands of extremists and terrorist groups.

The Iranian president added that there is no violent solution to crises around the world and urged the creation of UN-sponsored plan called “The World Against Violence and Extremism.”

 “The human tragedy in Syria represents a painful example of catastrophic spread of violence and extremism in our region. From the very outset of the crisis and when some regional and international actors helped to militarize the situation through infusion of arms and intelligence into the country and active support of extremist groups, we emphasized that there was no military solution to the Syrian crisis”.

He pointed out that the threat of using force will worsen the situation and the crisis in the region.

The Iranian president urged his US counterpart Barack Obama to reject “the short-sighted interest of warmongering pressure groups” if he wants “to manage differences” with Tehran.

Rouhani told the assembly that Iran poses “absolutely no threat to the world,” but it is a harbinger of peace and security in a region engulfed in chaos.

Argentina’ Kirchner:  Parties supplying Syrian “opposition” with weapons should be uncovered

In her speech to the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez Kirchner affirmed the need to uncover parties supporting the Syrian “opposition” with Weapons.

She stressed the lack of action by the Security Council to reach a political settlement to the crisis in Syria.

Last month, the Argentinean Foreign Ministry asserted rejection of military intervention in Syria, affirming that launching aggression against Syria before waiting the results of the international experts’ investigations regarding chemical weapons in Syria violates international law.

H. Mustafa