Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday called on the BRICS nations to intervene to end the conflict in the country.

Syria's President Bashar Al-Assad on Saturday called on the BRICS nations to intervene to end the conflict in the country, in a letter delivered by his adviser Bouthaina Shaaban during a trip to South Africa.

Speaking to Agence France Presse, Shaaban said she had delivered the letter to South African President Jacob Zuma ahead of the BRICS summit in South Africa on March 26.

"Today I passed a message from President Bashar Al-Assad to President Jacob Zuma, who will preside over the March 26 BRICS summit,on the subject of the situation in Syria," Shaaban said.

"In this message, President Bashar Al-Assad asks for intervention by the BRICS to stop the violence in his country and encourage the opening of a dialogue, which he wishes to start."

For his part, the South African president stressed that his country will “spare no effort to support the BRIC S countries in their efforts to implement the Geneva statement and put an end to violence in Syria as soon as possible as to launch political dialogue.” 

According to the Syrian news agency, SANA, Zuma expressed regret over the current events in Syria.

He added that “it is beneficial to have information about the events through direct communication channels between the two countries.”