Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif renewed Tehran’s support for a political solution to the crisis in Syria, and said that the Syrian government and the opposition should settle their differences at the negotiating table.
“The situation in Syria does not have a military solution and it should only be resolved through diplomacy,” Zarif said in a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Tehran on Wednesday, adding, “The political solution must be decided by the Syrian people.”
Iranian officials have repeatedly underlined that Tehran is in favor of negotiations between the Syrian government and “opposition” groups to create stability in Syria.
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”.
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