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    FARS News Agency, Iran
    August 9, 2012 Thursday

    Participants in Tehran Conference on Syria Issue Final Statement


    TEHRAN (FNA)- Delegates of 30 world countries and international bodies
    participating in the International Conference on Syria in the Iranian
    capital issued a final statement at the end of their meeting Thursday
    evening.


    The international consultative conference on the developments in Syria
    started in Tehran this afternoon and wrapped up work after several
    hours of discussions in the evening.

    The following is the full text of the statement issued at the end of
    the gathering.



    In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

    Statement of the Chairman of

    Tehran Consultative Meeting on Syria

    Tehran - August 9, 2012

    Tehran Consultative Meeting on Syria was convened on August 9, 2012,
    to strengthen all-out regional and international efforts to help
    Syrian people to find a way out of ongoing crisis and prepare a
    suitable ground for national dialogue in a peaceful atmosphere. The
    meeting which was headed by His Excellency Dr. Salehi, the esteemed
    Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and
    participated by ministers and delegates from Afghanistan, Algeria,
    Armenia, Belarus, Benin, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Georgia, India,
    Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman,
    Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan,
    Venezuela, Zimbabwe, and the United Nations, made the following
    recommendations:

    - Expressing serious concern over the continuation of clashes and
    violation of human rights in Syria and the vast losses and damages
    which have caused grief and numerous problems for the people of Syria,
    and expressing sympathy with the family of the victims of armed
    clashes and terrorist acts.

    - Emphasizing the necessity of pursuing political solutions based on
    national dialogue as the only way to resolve the Syrian crisis with
    the main objective of bringing the violence to a total end and
    encouraging the two sides to prepare the ground for the national
    dialogue.

    - Expressing support to the legitimate demands of the Syrian people to
    carry out reforms in order to build democracy and promote all-out
    political partnership of different parties and opposition groups to
    exercise their right to run their own country, in a peaceful manner
    and calm atmosphere and without any foreign intervention.

    - Expressing welcome and support to all good offices made already in
    line with the principles of good intentions and impartiality to settle
    the Syrian crisis and appreciating the efforts made by the Secretary
    General of the UN and his special envoy Mr. Kofi Annan for his 6-point
    plan as well as putting emphasis on continuation of the activities of
    the international observers to consolidate sustainable peace and
    tranquility in Syria.



    - Emphasizing the need to uphold the principles of international law
    regarding non-intervention in domestic affairs of other countries and
    the respect of their national sovereignty and territorial integrity,
    and urging to cease the hostilities by putting an end to any military
    assistance to armed groups and warning of the dangerous impacts of
    support for armed groups on regional peace and security.

    - Emphasizing the necessity to deliver humanitarian assistance to the
    people of Syria in order to mitigate the plight of Syrian people in
    cooperation with the government of Syria.

    - Emphasizing the necessity to examine establishing of a contact group
    from among the participating countries aiming to end the violence and
    starting the inclusive dialogue between the Syrian government and the
    opposition.

    - Expressing serious concern over the entry of known terrorist groups
    and sects into the Syrian conflict and seriously warning of the spread
    of terrorism and its dire consequences on the peace and security of
    the region.

    - Welcoming the proposal of the Islamic Republic of Iran for calling
    upon the conflicting parties to end clashes and violence for three
    months on the occasion of the arrival of Eid al- Fitr which is one of
    the most important festivity for all Muslims of the world to stop
    hostilities in Syria in order to follow up negotiations and adopt
    peaceful mechanisms.

    At the end, all participants expressed their appreciations to the
    government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for holding Tehran
    Consultative Meeting and emphasized on the necessity to continue such
    consultative meetings in order to mitigate the sufferings of Syrian
    people and bringing peace and stability to the region.

    Foreign ministers and envoys of a large number of countries, including
    Russia, China, Belarus, Mauritania, Indonesia, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia,
    Turkmenistan, Benin, Sri Lanka, Ecuador, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
    Algeria, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Oman, Venezuela, Tajikistan, India,
    Kazakhstan, Armenia, Nicaragua, Cuba, Sudan, Jordan, Tunisia and
    Palestine as well as the UN envoy to Tehran are present at the
    conference.

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