Medvedev tells Erdogan foreign interference not an option in Syria

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday that the search for a way to end bloodshed in Syria should continue, including in the UN Security Council, but that foreign interference was not an option, the Kremlin said, Today's Zaman reported.

In a telephone conversation, Medvedev "underscored the need to continue - including in the UN Security Council - the search for agreed approaches with the aim of fostering the resolution of the crisis by Syrians themselves, without external interference," the Kremlin said in a statement.