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Tuesday 23 April 2013 - 13:25
Story Code : 25558

Tehran, Cairo, Ankara, Riyadh to resume Syria talks: Iran official

A senior Iranian official says Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia will soon resume negotiations to find solutions to the ongoing crisis in Syria.
During a summit of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Mecca in August 2012, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi put forward the initiative of forming a contact group on Syria comprising Iran, Egypt, Turkey and Saudi Arabia.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on Sunday said he had discussed the issue with Egyptian officials during his recent visit to Egypt and it was agreed that the quartet continue talks on Syria.
Egyptian authorities will soon announce the date of the talks, said the Iranian official.
A high-level meeting of the group was held on September 17, 2012 about a week after preparatory talks in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, by lower-ranking officials from the four countries.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Egyptian as well as Turkish counterparts also met in Cairo on February 6, calling for an immediate solution to the crisis in Syria and an end to the bloodshed there.

The meeting was held on the sidelines of the 12th OIC summit. Saudi Arabia did not attend the negotiations.

Meanwhile, in an interview with Al Jazeera on Saturday, Morsi highlighted Irans role in resolving the ongoing crisis in Syria.

Furthermore, in a meeting in the Russian city of Sochi on April 19, Morsi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin expressed their support for a prompt ceasefire in Syria and the launch of talks between the government and the opposition to help end the unrest in the Arab country.

The two leaders called for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, and dismissed any external intrusion.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011, and many people, including large numbers of security personnel, have been killed in the violence.

Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of militants fighting in Syria are foreign nationals.

Several international human rights organizations say the foreign-sponsored militants are committing war crimes in Syria.

By Press TV

 

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