Political Resolve to Solve Crisis in Syria at Hand, Says Abdollahian

Tehran – Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Tuesday that ‘We are now close to a political resolve to solve the crisis in Syria.’

the Pace of talks between Syrian government, opposition groups and civil society is on the verge of a new phase and ‘We are glad to witness that grounds for political resolve to solve the Syrian crisis is have been prepared.’

Amir Abdollahian made the remarks on the sidelines of his meeting with the UN special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura, in Tehran on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters, he said we had very significant negotiations with the UN envoy for Syria on continued political talks on the Syrian crisis.

In the meeting many topics were raised such as concern about increase in the activities of irresponsible armed groups in Syria in recent days and rise in the number of ceasefire violations which can harm the pace of political process in the country, Amir Abdollahian said.

Shipment of humanitarian aid by some groups are quite selective which have created many problems, he said.

Supporting the efforts of the UN envoy for Syria to resolve the country’s crisis through political means, he said ‘We are very satisfied to witness that regional and international parties are serious in the fight against terrorism trying to bolster pace of political talks and avoid taking actions against Syria’s national interests.

The fight against terrorism should be continued seriously and talks between the Syrian government and opposition groups would produce satisfactory results, he said.

Some of the terrorist groups tried to enter into talks with the Syrian government with a mask on their faces, he said.

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