Iran on Syria is Voice of Reason – stop foreign meddling, warring sides must find peaceful solution

Iran urges Syrian sides to fully implement Annan’s peace plan
25 July, 2012 – Shia Post

Iran’s Ambassador to Moscow Mohammad Reza Sajjadi has called on sparring sides in the Syrian conflict to support the full implementation of the plan by the UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Kofi Annan for a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis.

In a meeting between Sajjadi and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov on Wednesday, the two sides called for the settlement of the Syrian issue through peaceful ways and negotiations.

They stressed that the Syrian issue should be resolved without foreign meddling in the country’s internal affairs, urging “foreign players” to refrain from pursuing the approach of interference as it would bear no results.

The Iranian and Russian officials stressed the importance of putting an end to violence in Syria and called on countries which are supporting the opposition to the Syrian government to push them to stop terrorist attacks against civilians in the country.

Bogdanov, for his part, said Russia’s principled stance is based on the joint efforts by the international community with the purpose of implementing Annan’s peace plan.

Tehran has repeatedly reaffirmed its full support for Annan’s six-point plan on ending the unrest in Syria.

On March 11, Annan said he had presented a set of concrete proposals to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during two rounds of talks in Damascus. His six-point plan was to begin with a cease-fire in mid-April between government forces and rebels seeking to topple the Syrian government. …more