Iran, Russia Underline Political Solution to Crisis in Syria, Sending Humanitarian Aid

Rasa - Deputies of Iranian and Russian Foreign Ministers Hossein Jaberi Ansari and Mikhail Bogdanov in a telephone conversation on Monday underlined the need for resolving the crisis in Syria through political means and sending humanitarian aid to the civilians in different parts of the war-torn country, specially Aleppo.

News ID: 423920

Date: 26 September 2016 - 23:53

RNA - During the phone conversation, Jaberi Ansari and Bogdanov dismissed military solution to the problems in Syria, and said the Syrian people should decide their own fate under a tranquil atmosphere and without foreign interference.

They also stressed the necessity for sending humanitarian aid to different parts of Syria, specially Aleppo.

The phone conversation between Jaberi Ansari and Bogdanov came after a meeting on Syria was held at the UN Security Council on Sunday night.

The Western countries, specially the US, made harsh statements about the Syrian government and also the Russia's stances on Syria.

Meantime, the Russian envoy to the UN rejected the accusations by the West, his US counterpart in particular, against the Syrian government, and said, "It is Washington that has not remained committed to the ceasefire in Syria and not Moscow."

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