TEHRAN -- Iran on Monday welcomed Syria’s return to the Arab League more than a decade after its membership was suspended by the 22-member regional organization.

“Settlement of disputes among Muslim countries, as well as convergence and synergy among them, will deliver favorable results for collective stability and peace and will pave the way for reducing foreign profit-seeking interferences in regional affairs,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani said in a statement. 

“The Islamic Republic of Iran welcomes such an approach,” he added.

Arab government representatives in Cairo voted on Sunday to return Syria to the Arab League after a 12-year suspension.

The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement also welcomed the announcement of Syria’s return to the Arab League.

“We welcome the decision by foreign ministers of Arab countries to reinstate Syria’s membership in the Arab League,” Hazem Qassem, a spokesman for the Gaza-based group, said.

“We hope all repercussions of the Syrian crisis will be addressed as soon as possible,” he added.

The Hamas spokesman also called for “stronger interactions among all components of the Muslim world in order to further consolidate their position in the face of trans-regional colonial ambitions, the foremost of which is the expansionist Zionist scheme.”

“We think that the decision of the Council of Arab League Foreign Ministers has demonstrated the Arab countries’ aspiration to bolster coordination of actions in the interests of settling pertinent regional and international issues and confirmed their intent to continue conducting their independent policy on the global stage based on their core interests in the future,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Sunday.