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Military solution in Syria an ‘illusion’, Iran’s FM says

Politics Materials 17 May 2016 01:01 (UTC +04:00)
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a military solution to the conflict in Syria is nothing but an “illusion.”
Military solution in Syria an ‘illusion’, Iran’s FM says

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a military solution to the conflict in Syria is nothing but an "illusion", Press TV reported.

Zarif made the remarks after arriving in Vienna late on Monday to take part in an upcoming International Syria Support Group (ISSG) meeting.

"We are going to continue to insist on the need for a comprehensive ceasefire, of course excluding terrorist groups," Zarif told a Press TV correspondent.
He stressed that a political solution is the only way to solve the crisis in Syria, which has been gripped by foreign-backed militancy since March 2011.

"Unfortunately there seems to be a persistence by some that they want to pursue a military solution, that illusion has to come to an end and they should look for a political solution."
Iran, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia as well as representatives from the European Union and the Arab League are among the countries participating in the ISSG meeting on Tuesday. The 17-nation ISSG aims to discuss the stalled negotiations, challenges in maintaining the February ceasefire and the delivery of UN humanitarian aid to various areas across the war-ravaged country.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi-Ansari and Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Abbas Araqchi have also traveled to the Austrian capital.

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