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Russia says Geneva conference paves way for settlement of Syrian crisis

02 July 2012 21:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. The international conference on Syria held in Geneva on Saturday has paved the way for a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Monday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

The final document approved by conference participants opens the gate for the effective facilitation of a peaceful settlement in Syria by the international community, the ministry said in a statement on its official website.

The settlement, the ministry said, would be possible on the basis of coordinated measures aimed at implementing UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan.

Also, the ministry said that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov met with Syrian Ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad in Moscow earlier on Monday.

Haddad told Bogdanov that Damascus was ready to start inter- Syrian political dialogue, and reiterated the Syrian leadership’s commitment to Annan’s plan, the ministry said.

An action group comprising world powers met on Saturday in Geneva and agreed upon a roadmap that was expected to pave the way for a Syrian-led transition to end the country’s 16-month conflict.

A joint communique issued after the meeting said that the international community wished to see "an end to violence and human rights abuses" in Syria and the Syrian people enjoying rights to "independently and democratically determine their own future."