FM: Iran to Accept No Precondition for Presence in Geneva II
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif once again renewed Iran’s support for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, but reiterated that Tehran will not accept any precondition for its participation in the upcoming Geneva II Conference on Syria, according to FNA.
“Iran will not accept any preconditions to attend the Geneva II conference on Syria,” Zarif said in a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday night.
He stressed that Iran will take part in the Geneva II conference if the country is invited without any precondition.
The Geneva II conference, which will be a follow-up to an earlier one held in June 2012, had been proposed by Moscow and Washington to find a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
The conference is scheduled to be held in Switzerland in two parts. On January 22, the opening session of the event will be in the Swiss city of Montreux and then it will be moved to the UN office in Geneva on January 24.
M.D