Medvedev: Syrian Crisis Solved Only by Dialogue

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Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev stated that the Syrian crisis should be settled by dialogue, not arms supplies.

In an interview with the Brazilian newspaper O Globo, Medvedev accentuated as to the Russian-Arab Cooperation Forum held in Moscow, "We discussed prospects of economic cooperation and ways of solving the Palestinian problem, and our positions on Syria have also drawn nearer.

He further urged an immediate stop of bloodshed in Syria." "We came to a unanimous opinion that a dialogue between the opposition and the government of Syria is needed," he added.

Moreover, Medvedev mentioned that the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem is to arrive at Moscow next week to conduct talks with Russia concerning the Syrian crisis. Also, chief of the so-called Syrian opposition coalition Mouaaz al-Khatib is to travel to Russia in March for talks, where the PM hoped that a common platform be established between the two parties.

Source: Voice of Russia, Edited by moqawama.org