Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has called on Iran to help find a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
According to Reuters, Marzouki said on the sidelines of the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting “We have to stop this; this is the main problem: find and reach a political solution. I hope Iran now with President Hassan Rouhani would help.”
Marzouki added “We have to put the pressure on our friends all over the world, but the nightmare of the Syrian people must stop.”
The Tunisian president’s call comes as Rouhani said earlier in September that Iran is ready to facilitate talks between the Syrian government and the foreign-backed opposition.
The Iranian president wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post on September 19 “I announce my government’s readiness to help facilitate dialogue between the Syrian government and the opposition.”