Iran, UN Stress Talks to End Syrian Crisis
Iran, UN Stress Talks to End Syrian Crisis
A senior official at Iran’s Foreign Ministry and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Otto Pedersen emphasized the need to end Syrian crisis though political talks.

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior official at Iran’s Foreign Ministry and UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Otto Pedersen in a phone call on Saturday emphasized the need to end Syrian crisis through political talks.

Iranian Foreign Minister’s Senior Assistant for Special Political Affairs Ali Asghar Khaji  and Pedersen further stressed the need for continuation of constitutional committee’s activities to achieve a final solution to the Syrian crisis, IRNA reported.

They underlined reaching a final solution to the Syrian crisis within the framework of respecting Syrian national sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Pederson had exchanged views on issues related to Syria’s Constitutional Committee, situation in Idlib, and the humanitarian conditions in the war-torn Arab country in another telephone conversation with Khaji earlier this month.

During their first conversation, the two sides reiterated their supports for the promotion of political trend and continuation of the work by the Syrian Constitutional Committee to put an end to the Syrian crisis.

Given the difficult humanitarian conditions, especially during the coronavirus outbreak, Pederson and Khaji called for help by the international community for the Syrian people.

Khaji underlined the need for the implementation of Idlib agreements in line with tranquility and preventing the re-emergence of the tensions.

  • source : Iran Daily