Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said his country opposed any kind of military intervention in Syria, calling for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing crisis.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said his country opposed any kind of military intervention in Syria, calling for a peaceful resolution of the ongoing crisis.

Speaking on the sidelines of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, Maliki said that the military interference could trigger a civil war in Syria as well as in other nearby countries.

The Iraqi PM also the flow of weapons to the insurgents fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for causing more bloodshed in the country.

He further called for a peaceful resolution to the prolonged unrest in Syria and highlighted the significance of organizing talks between the two sides of the country’s ongoing conflict.

In a speech to the NAM summit, Maliki was to deliver a speech in which he would offer an initiative for the Syrian resolution that suggests a transitional government including President Assad.