Arms transfers to foreign terrorists in Syria must stop: Larijani

Iran’s Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani has called for the cessation of arms transfers to the insurgents in Syria by foreign elements as a key step towards the implementation of democratic reforms in Syria.

According to Press TV, Larijani at a Friday ceremony in the northern Iranian city of Amol, said: “The transfer of weapons to Syria should be stopped; reforms cannot be implemented amid armed confrontations. A package must be introduced for the Syrian issues.”
He added that Iran calls for the fulfillment of popular demands and the deepening of democracy in Syria.
Larijani pointed out that former UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy on the Syrian crisis Kofi Annan had warned about some intruding countries which boast of advocating democracy in Syria but are in pursuit of other objectives.
He expressed hope that the UN-Arab League Joint Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi will be successful and noted, “He has definitely started work with a clear analysis and certainly knows that some countries seek adventurism in the region.”
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Damascus says outlaws, saboteurs, and armed insurgents are behind the unrest. The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the armed militants are foreign nationals.