Syria Welcomes Tehran “Syria Friends” Meeting: Foreign Ministry

DAMASCUS, (ST) – Syria welcomed the “Syria Friends”  Meeting held in Tehran and hailed its results.

“The Syrian Arab Republic welcomes Syria Friends meeting in Tehran and hails its results which affirmed the need to stop violence and launch national dialogue among the Syrians in order to attain a solution to the crisis that helps the Syrian people determine their future away from foreign interference in their internal affairs so as to maintain Syria’s national sovereignty,”  Spokesman of the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said in a statement  on Thursday.

He added: “Syria thanks the Islamic Republic of Iran for its keen efforts to attain a political settlement to the crisis in Syria based on comprehensive national dialogue and for its insistence on the need to halt violence through the refrainment of some countries to send weapons to terrorists in Syria.”

According to the spokesman, Syria highly appreciated the participation of representatives of 40 countries in this meeting which indicated their true friendship to the Syrian people and their support for the efforts exerted so far to solve the crisis through national dialogue. Syria also commended the conferees’ calls  for lifting the economic sanctions imposed on country, the spokesman said.   

H. Mustafa