Maliki Supports International Conference on Syria

MOSCOW,(ST)_ Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s stressed his country ‘s support for  holding an international conference on Syria in Geneva and settling  the crisis through dialogue, expressing his country’s readiness to take part in  this conference.

“We support a seriously organized  international conference on Syria in Geneva and will participate in its work.” Maliki told  reporters yesterday in Moscow.

 He stressed the need to resolve the crisis in Syria through dialogue table , warning that the failure of the international community to resolve the crisis will lead to regional and even global dispute  , saying that his country would suffer negative consequences because  of the crisis in Syria.

 Maliki expressed hope that the States  that will participate in the international conference on Syria  will be aware that supporting  one of the parties and sending it arms  will not solve the crisis.

 He added that his country believes in the importance of the participation of Iran and Saudi Arabia in the international conference on Syria, noting that as a result of the controversy over the composition of the participants in the conference has not been settled  yet.

Maliki continued that if you Russia and the US can not reach  a common position on the participants in the conference , it will be very difficult to convene the it.  ” Washington and Moscow must  agree on that , and this is very important.” He stressed.

He  considered that  accusing the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against the opposition might be  an attempt to pave the way for an invasion against Syria along the lines of the Iraqi scenario.

T. Fateh