Ο αντιπρόεδρος του Ιράν Μοχάμαντ Τζαβάντ Μοχαμαντιζαντέχ σε συνέντευξη που έδωσε την Παρασκευή στο πρακτορείο REUTERS εξέφρασε την ικανοποίηση της Τεχεράνης για την από κοινού πρόταση ΗΠΑ – Ρωσίας για τερματισμό των εχθροπραξιών στην Συρία.
«Η
Ισλαμική Δημοκρατία του Ιράν θα ήταν ευτυχής στην περίπτωση που κληθεί
να βοηθήσει με οποιονδήποτε τρόπο για την αποκατάσταση της ειρήνης στην
Συρία αλλά και για μια καλύτερη ζωή για το λαό της», δήλωσε
χαρακτηριστικά.
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Iran backs Syria meeting plan, expects to be part of process
(Reuters) - Iran welcomes
a U.S.-Russian proposal for an international conference on ending the
conflict in Syria and hopes it will be held in Geneva, Vice President
Mohammad-Javad Mohammadizadeh said in Geneva on Friday.
“We
hope that the coming meeting would also be in Geneva and the Islamic
Republic of Iran would be more than happy and pleased to assist in
whatever way that it can, and we expect to be part of the process to
restore peace and a better livelihood to the people of Syria,” he told Reuters through an interpreter.
Shi’ite
Muslim Iran is Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s closest ally and has
provided money, weapons, intelligence and training for his forces
against a mainly Sunni Muslim uprising in which more than 70,000 people
have been killed in two years.
Russia and the United States agreed at talks on Tuesday to try to arrange the conference, possibly by the end of this month.
The
United Nations in Geneva hosted a meeting on Syria in June 2012, where
Iran’s wish to attend became a bone of contention between Washington and
Moscow. No venue has been confirmed but Kerry has talked of a “Geneva
two” meeting.
“We
are very much in harmony with the belief that the only solution would
be a Syrian-Syrian solution for the future through diplomatic and
political dialogues,” said Mohammadizadeh, who was in Switzerland for an
environmental conference.
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Alison Williams)
