Tehran, YJC. The presidents of Iran and Syria have discussed mutual concerns over the telephone.
In a phone call to his Syrian counterpart on Wednesday, the
president of Iran Hassan Rouhani discussed regional concerns.
Stressing the need for peace over the Middle East, Rouhani
said "There is no military way out of the Syrian crisis. Establishing stability
and peace in Syria is a goal for the Islamic republic of Iran, because Iran
considers terrorism and extremism a threat not only to the people of Syria, but
to the whole region.”
"We will do our best to contribute political and
international help and humanitarian support for the people of Syria,” he
asserted.
He added "WE are happy that at a time when some parties
would have liked to impose foreign intervention on Syria, the country accepted
the offer to solve the chemical weapons issue and act according to the Chemical
Weapons Convention to deprive the foreigners of such alibi and prevent them
from leading the area to instability with their intervention.”
Bashar al-Assad in turn expressed sorrow over the Iranian
loss in the recent suicide bombing near the country’s embassy in Beirut.
Also congratulating Rouhani on Iran’s nuclear breakthrough,
Assad said "Iran’s success in the Geneva talks is not merely the country’s, but
that of all developing countries, whose rights Iran defended with such a move.”