Foreign ministers of Russia and Egypt insisted on Thursday that the only way to end the current crisis in Syria is the political solution.

Foreign ministers of Russia and Egypt insisted on Thursday that the only way to end the current crisis in Syria is the political solution.

During a visit to Cairo, Russia’s Sergei Lavrov said his country wants an "international conference as soon as possible to open a political dialogue" that can resolve the Syrian crisis.
Lavrov said a political solution to the war would also help to bring stability to the region.

Nabil Fahmy, the foreign minister in Egypt's interim administration, said for his part that Cairo was against any military intervention in Syria.
"We call upon all to work on a political solution" to end the war, he said.

Earlier on Monday, the war-hit country's main opposition bloc, the National Coalition, said it would attend a Geneva peace conference on the condition President Bashar al-Assad quits office and is excluded from any transition process.