Iran welcomes Assad's "peace plan"
Iran welcomes Assad's "peace plan"
DUBAI - Iran welcomed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad television address and said he had rejected violence and offered a "comprehensive political process" to his country to end conflict, Iranian media reported on Monday.
Assad's speech on Sunday was billed as the unveiling of a new peace plan, but the president offered no concessions and dismissed the prospect of negotiations with Syrian opposition groups, which they see as a renewed declaration of war.
Iran has always back-Assad's rule since an uprising began nearly two years ago and sees it as an important part of the axis of the opposition against Israel. Iran describes many Syrian opposition groups as "terrorists", supported by Western and Arab states.
"This plan violence and terrorism and any foreign interference in the country rejects and outlines a future for the country ... through an inclusive political process," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in a statement issued by the state news agency IRNA.
Salehi urged world powers to regional and attempts to end the crisis by means of a "Syrian solution" support.
The Islamic Republic has requested international support for the six-point plan to resolve the conflict, the United Nations says has killed more than 60,000 people to solve. The plan calls for an immediate end to violence and negotiations between all parties to a transitional government, but does not call for Assad to resign.
Western powers and Syrian opposition groups Tehran view with deep suspicion, says it has significant military and financial support to the Syrian government.
DUBAI - Iran welcomed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad television address and said he had rejected violence and offered a "comprehensive political process" to his country to end conflict, Iranian media reported on Monday.
Assad's speech on Sunday was billed as the unveiling of a new peace plan, but the president offered no concessions and dismissed the prospect of negotiations with Syrian opposition groups, which they see as a renewed declaration of war.
Iran has always back-Assad's rule since an uprising began nearly two years ago and sees it as an important part of the axis of the opposition against Israel. Iran describes many Syrian opposition groups as "terrorists", supported by Western and Arab states.
"This plan violence and terrorism and any foreign interference in the country rejects and outlines a future for the country ... through an inclusive political process," Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in a statement issued by the state news agency IRNA.
Salehi urged world powers to regional and attempts to end the crisis by means of a "Syrian solution" support.
The Islamic Republic has requested international support for the six-point plan to resolve the conflict, the United Nations says has killed more than 60,000 people to solve. The plan calls for an immediate end to violence and negotiations between all parties to a transitional government, but does not call for Assad to resign.
Western powers and Syrian opposition groups Tehran view with deep suspicion, says it has significant military and financial support to the Syrian government.
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