Iran Hands Ibrahimi Proposal To End Syria Crisis

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Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi handed Sunday visiting UN envoy al-Akhdar Ibrahimi a proposal aimed at ending the conflict in Syria.

Salehi said Tehran had "handed its unofficial detailed proposal in writing aimed at solving the Syrian crisis to Ibrahimi as well as Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey."
In comments broadcast on Arabic-language al-Alam television, he did not go into details about the proposals, only adding Tehran would support efforts by the international envoy.

"I also announced that the Islamic Republic of Iran is fully ready to cooperate with the envoy" because the "by selecting Ibrahimi as its troubleshooter, UN has set itself in an impartial status in regard to Syria."
For his part, Ibrahimi, who arrived in Tehran from Turkey after meeting with Saudi officials, welcomed the Iranian initiative.
"I thank you for the proposals and as I told you there are some ideas in your proposals which can help by adding to that forwarded by other nations who are also important with regards to the Syrian situation," Ibrahimi said in a joint press briefing.

He further hoped that "all these ideas gather into a project to put an end to the Syrian people's nightmare."
"I am repeating the call by the United Nations secretary general (Ban Ki-moon) for the initiation of a ceasefire by the Syrian government and asking the opposition to reciprocate once the government commenced," the international envoy added.

Ibrahimi is due to meet top security official Saeed Jalili on Monday before leaving for Baghdad later that day, the website of state television reported.


Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org