The UN-Arab League special representative for Syria has expressed hope that the Tehran conference on Syria would help bring about an end to the ongoing crisis in the Arab country.\n<\/p>\n
\u00c5\u201cTehran conference as well as the Geneva 2 conference are highly important and we hope they would help resolve the crisis in Syria, which is in a very complicated condition,\u201d Lakhdar Brahimi said in a Wednesday message to the Friends of Syria Conference in Tehran.\n<\/p>\n
On Wednesday, Iran hosted the Friends of Syria Conference in Tehran under the banner of \u00c5\u201cPolitical Solution, Regional Stability.\u201d The event was attended by representatives from 40 countries, seeking to find a political solution to the crisis in the Arab country.\n<\/p>\n
On May 7, Russia and the United States also agreed to convene an international conference on Syria in Geneva, which will serve as a follow-up to an earlier Geneva meeting held in June 2012. Russia has highlighted the necessity of Iran’s presence in the event. No exact date has been set for the meeting yet.\n<\/p>\n
Pointing to the upcoming Geneva 2 conference, Brahimi expressed hope that the talks would be held as soon as possible, adding, \u00c5\u201cThis agreement [between Russia and the US] could be a significant step [toward the resolution of the crisis in Syria], but it is apparently the first step.”\n<\/p>\n
Unrest has gripped Syria for over two years and many people, including large numbers of Syrian security personnel, have lost their lives in the foreign-sponsored militancy.\n<\/p>\n
On May 23, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said, \u00c5\u201cSyria is determined to tackle terrorism and those who support it regionally and globally, and to find a political solution to the crisis.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
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