Iranian Foreign Minister says that Tehran is hosting a consultative meeting on Syria crisis on Thursday, adding that 12 to 13 countries are going to take part in the meeting.

Iranian Foreign Minister says that Tehran is hosting a consultative meeting on Syria crisis on Thursday, adding that 12 to 13 countries are going to take part in the meeting.

Speaking on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday, Salehi said that the aime of the meeting was to halt violence in Syria.
Our main goal is to negate violence and [promote] national dialogue in Syria and Iran is doing its best to end violence in Syria as soon as possible,” the Iranian foreign minister pointed out, according to IRNA news agency.

He said that 12-13 Asian, African and Latin American states will take part in the meeting which is scheduled to be held on Thursday.
Salehi added that violence claims people’s lives, noting that initiation of national dialogue in Syria is required to end violence and extremism in the Arab country.

For his part, Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian said Syria “needs a peaceful atmosphere for the promotion of national dialogue among all parties involved in the country’s crisis.”

He noted that Tehran’s consultative meeting on Syria would host a number of influential regional and transregional countries.