Iranian Envoy Underlines Peaceful Settlement of Syrian Crisis

Iranian Ambassador to Damascus Mohammad Reza Rao’uf Sheibani voiced concern over the current situation in Syria, and called on all involved parties as well as the regional and international actors to try their best to find a peaceful and diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis in the Muslim country.
“The Islamic Republic will support any diplomatic approach to settle the ongoing crisis in Syria,” Rao’uf Sheibani said.

The Iranian diplomat reiterated that Tehran has always supported the national dialogue as the only solution to the crisis in the Muslim country.

“The armed conflicts in Syria do not benefit the Syrians and the people of the region,” Rao’uf Sheibani said, underlining that any foreign interference in the ongoing crisis in Syria will only make the Muslim country’s conditions more complicated.

Iranian officials have repeatedly underlined that Tehran is in favor of negotiations between the Syrian government and opposition groups to create stability in the Middle Eastern country.

Last November, Iran hosted a meeting between the representatives of the Syrian government and opposition to encourage them to start talks to find a political solution to their problems. The National Dialogue Conference kicked off work in Tehran mid November with the motto of ‘No to Violence, Yes to Democracy”.

The meeting brought together almost 200 representatives of various Syrian ethnicities, political groups, minorities, the opposition, and state officials.

The conflict in Syria started in March 2011, when sporadic pro-reform protests turned into a massive insurgency following the intervention of western and regional states.

The unrest, which took in terrorist groups from across Europe, the Middle-East and North Africa, has transpired as one of the bloodiest conflicts in recent history.

As the foreign-backed insurgency in Syria continues without an end in sight, the US government has boosted its political and military support to Takfiri extremists.

Washington has remained indifferent to warnings by Russia and other world powers about the consequences of arming militant groups.