Iran, Russia call for resolving Syrian crisis through negotiations

Iran's Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajadi and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov stressed on Wednesday the need to solve the current crisis in Syria through negotiations and peaceful means. In a meeting to discuss the latest developments in Syria, the diplomats also exchanged views on bringing the Syrian case to the Security Council of the United Nations, (IRNA) news agency reported Thursday. Sajadi and Bogdanov also stressed the need to prevent any foreign interventions in the internal affairs of Syria urging foreign states to stop making non-constructive moves to resolve the ongoing crisis in Syria, IRNA said. They also called for an immediate stop of violation and any acts of terrorism in Syria which have, so far, only targeted civilians as the main victims.