Ashton: EU is Cling to Political Solution in Syria

MOSCOW, (ST) _ High Representative of the European  Union EU for Foreign Affairs and  Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton, stressed EU cling  to a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
The Russian today site quoted  Ashton as saying in the wake of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels yesterday “the EU did not lose hope in convening  the International Conference on Syria in Geneva, and is intended  to continue inviting  interested parties to participate in it.”
Ashton stressed the need to work to define a framework of dialogue in Syria noting , “we must not be afraid of the task ahead and must do everything we can in order to reach the result, otherwise ,the current situation will continue and lead to the destruction of the country.”
She indicated that the situation in Syria had an important deal of discussions of  the EU  ministers’ meeting, although no documents were issued  in this regard.
She continued she  recently contacted the UN  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to discuss this issue,” noting that the UN  Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is making his best for the political process.
She stressed  that the situation in Syria will continue to deteriorate in the absence of the political process.
During  a meeting in Baghdad in June with the  Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Ashton  that the international conference to be held on Syria is  an opportunity to find a peaceful solution to the crisis.

T. Fateh