MUNICH, February 12. /TASS/. China hopes Iran will be playing an active and constructive role in the settlement of the Syrian crisis, China�s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.

"All parties should abandon military methods in order to settle the Syrian issue by political means," he said, expressing hope the meeting of the Syrian Support Group in Munich could favor "important overwhelming consensus on truce" and "offer conditions for soonest resuming of peace talks."

"We hope Iran will play here an active and constructive role," the Chinese foreign minister said.
Wang Yi said the relations between Iran and China develop successfully after the visit to Tehran in January.

By TASS