Larijani Stresses Support for Syria Solution

TEHRAN (Press TV) -- Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has reaffirmed the Islamic Republic’s support for every effort to help find a political solution to the prolonged conflict in Syria.

Date: 23 February 2015 - 20:08

News ID: ۱۱۲۹۷

In a meeting with Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud , Larijani said Iran’s parliament has always been closely following up on the developments in Syria and "backs any mechanism necessary to help the Syrian government and nation under the current circumstances.”
Larijani further hailed deep-rooted relations between Tehran and Damascus, calling on both sides to maintain their friendly ties.
Mahmoud, for his part, expressed gratitude to the Iranian nation, government and parliament for their support for Syria. He also briefed the top parliamentarian on the latest developments in Syria.
Meanwhile, Iran warned against the continuation of mistakes by the U.S. and its allies in arming militants in Syria, saying such wrong policies violate international regulations.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, said that training and arming the so-called moderate opposition forces in Syria is a repetition of previous strategic mistakes which have led to the creation of the ISIL terrorist group and Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front.
"Under the circumstances that the threat of terrorist groups poses a serious danger to regional and global security, the insistence of the United States of America and some countries on the continuation of this wrong policy and their insistence on a wrong approach will bear no fruit but destruction and victimization of more innocent people,” Afkham added.
She said the UN silence on this move by the U.S. and some regional countries is in contravention of the body’s efforts to stop conflicts in Syrian city of Aleppo.
Afkham also urged the U.S. and its allies to respect the UN Security Council’s resolutions, particularly the recently-approved Resolution 2199, and take serious action to stop financial and logistic support to terrorists.