Ahmadinejad: Syria needs ‘national understanding’ – war is not solution

Reuters & AP
February 4, 2013

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday that Syria’s crisis could not be solved by military means and he called for a national accord leading to elections.

“War is not the solution…A government that rules through war – its work will be very difficult. A sectarian war should not be launched in Syria,” he told Al Mayadeen television.

“We believe that [deciding] whoever stays or goes is the right of the Syrian people. How can we interfere in that? We must strive to achieve national understanding, and free elections.”

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This article was posted: Monday, February 4, 2013 at 5:48 pm

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