BAGHDAD, (SANA)- Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said the international conference on Syria due to be held in Geneva next June constitutes a favorable opportunity to reach a political solution to the crisis in Syria.
"Since the start of the crisis in Syria, we believed that dialogue among the Syrian people is the solution to this crisis," al-Moallem told reporters in a joint press conference with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
"Nobody and no force in the world that can make decisions on behalf of the Syrian people as they alone have the right to do that," he added.
Al-Moallem pointed out that he informed the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Foreign Minister Zebari of "Syria's decision on agreeing in principle to participate with an official delegation in the international conference," noting that he "felt relief on their part about the Syrian decision."
"The Syrian government believes in all good faith that the international conference constitutes a favorable opportunity for a political solution to the crisis in Syria," the Foreign Minister said.
He clarified that his visit to Iraq came to express "the Syrian people and leadership's solidarity with the Iraqi people and leadership in the face of the terrorist operations targeting the Iraqi civilians."