Salehi: Foreign Interference in Crisis in Syria Led to its Continuity

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Salehi: Foreign Interference in Crisis in Syria Led to its Continuity, Annan: Iran Plays Positive Role in Resolving Crisis in Syria
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Jul 10, 2012

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi stressed that the ominous interference of some foreign countries in the crisis in Syria led to its continuity despite that the Syrian leadership has adopted constructive steps to meet demands of the Syrian people.

In a joint press conference with the UN Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan in Tehran on Tuesday, Salehi said "The political issues are complicated ones and the region and the world are on the brink of sensitive developments, "

" All efforts should unite to prevent the extension of the crisis in Syria and limit its repercussions and we should not allow the situation to become worse," he added.

The Iranian Minister pointed out that "Democracy, independence and combating corruption are preserved rights for the Syrian people," asserting that the Syrian government committed to achieve its promises to meet all the legitimate demands of the Syrian people as it achieved tangible steps in this regard.

" We concentrate on ending the crisis in Syria which, if continued, will not be in the interest of anyone in the region, " Salehi said.

Salehi advised the regional countries to exercise prudence over the crisis in Syria and warned against the ‘catastrophic’ upshots of a ‘wrong’ decision on Syria.

“We should not allow the situation to become worse, which would not be to anyone’s benefit.”

For his part, Annan said that his talks in Tehran aim at ensuring Iran's support to find peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, expressing hope to cooperate together to reach important upshots and steps to resolve this crisis, prevent its spreading to reach the whole region and to limit its repercussions which would not be to anyone's interest.

On disarming the armed terrorist groups in Syria and preventing countries such as Qatar and Saudi Arabia from sending weapons to them and the role of the UN in implementing that, Annan said "The international organization seeks to defuse the violence in Syria by all sides," asserting that if we want to halt the acts of violence we should talk to all those who carry weapons who should not kill the innocents.

Annan stressed that the disarmament of the armed terrorist groups is a very important thing in such crisis and after its end.

" I believe that the Syrian government should be able to control the weapons and we should have a strong state to prevent the spreading of the armed groups, " he said.

The UN Envoy added "Regarding sending weapons to the armed terrorist groups, we discussed this issue in details in Geneva Conference and we clearly confirmed that we don't wish the crisis to continue or to use a military solution but we should search for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria,"

He went on to say the use of arms is not consistent with the search for a peaceful solution. On the Iranian role in the crisis in Syria, Annan said "Iran plays positive role in this crisis and seeks to find a peaceful solution to it through dialogue which should start soon with the participation of all sides and that is a pivotal point in the six-point plan I had proposed, "

Annan called on all sides to work together to find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria and defuse it to prevent its bad consequences on the region.

Jalili: Solution in Syria Should Be Reached Without Foreign Intervention

For his part, Secretary General of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili stressed that the solution to the crisis in Syria should be reached in Syria and without foreign interference.

During his meeting with the UN Envoy Kofi Annan, Jalili added that the political dialogue and the efforts to reach a ceasefire should be synchronized.

He highlighted that the solution in Syria will be achieved by reaching the real democracy not by sending weapons and committing criminal acts.

"The International Observers should prevent the flow of weapons to the armed terrorist groups in Syria. The history of the USA proves that it is unable to play a positive role in solving the crisis in Syria, so it can't be part of the solution," Jalili said.

In return, Annan talked about the results of Geneva meeting, hailing the role of Tehran in solving the crisis in Syria.

Boroujerdi: Syria Has Overcome the Difficult Circumstances

Chairman of the Iranian Shura Council's Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security Alaeddin Boroujerdi, in a statement on Tuesday, stressed that Syria has overcome the difficult circumstances and is heading towards stability.

He underlined Iran's pivotal role in solving the crisis in Syria.

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