The government of war-ravaged Syria welcomes a deal between the presidents of its allies Russia, Iran and rebel backer Turkey to hold a peace “congress” of regime and opposition forces.
“The Syrian government welcomes the closing statement” of the meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, says a foreign ministry source quoted by the official SANA news agency.
Russian President Vladimir Putin says that his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani have agreed to the summit, set to place before United Nations-backed talks in Geneva next week.
The congress would “gather representatives of different political parties, internal and external opposition” to discuss “the parameters of the future state,” he says.
The Syrian foreign ministry official said Syria has “always” supported “any political action that respects its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and helps put an end to the shedding of Syrian blood.”
— AFP
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