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Diplomacy key mechanism to overcome Syria's crisis: Syrian FM

Xinhua, August 5, 2015 Adjust font size:

Diplomatic efforts are highly important to help Syria to solve the crisis in the country, visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al Moualem said here on Wednesday.

Syria has ever been ready to talk with the opposition groups which do not resort to arms struggle against the Syrian government and are interested in the integrity of the country, al Moualem said in a meeting with the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani.

A durable stability and security in Syria requires a shift in the policies of some countries which have helped terrorism in Syria over the past years, he said.

In the meeting, Shamkhani also stressed the political mechanisms to settle crisis in the Arab state, saying that the national dialogue is the only means to this end.

The terrorism of the Islamic State (IS) is a global threat and those states which have supported this group should be accountable to the massacre of innocent people by this group, he said.

"Any attempt for foreign military intervention in Syria is unacceptable and it will weaken the legal institutions in the country and help the growth of terrorism and insecurity," he added.

The recent diplomatic efforts to settle Iran's nuclear issue can also inspire the political attempts to solve the regional issues, Shamkhani stressed.

Al Moualem arrived in Tehran on Tuesday to attend trilateral talks with the Iranian officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin's visiting special envoy Mikhail Bogdanov.

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tuesday that his country would continue consultations with the regional countries to find a "democratic approach" to the crisis in Syria.

"Any initiative (to resolve the Syrian crisis) should be implemented in coordination with the Syrian authorities," al Moualem said in the meeting with Amir-Abdollahian on Tuesday, referring to the U.S.-led operations in Syria to fight the IS militants.

The Syrian minister also met with Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif on Wednesday on bilateral relations and the latest developments in Syria.

The Islamic republic has emerged as the staunchest regional ally to the Syrian government throughout the four-year-old Syrian conflict which has been aiming to overthrow the government of President Bashar al-Assad. Endit