Baku-APA. Iran's foreign minister says there can be no military solution to the conflict in Syria, APA reports quoting Associated Press.
Mohammad Javad Zarif said Monday that "there has to be a general recognition by all participants that there is no military solution. I do not believe that that understanding has sunk in."
Speaking after talks in Brussels with the European Union's foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, Zarif said that international powers agreed over the weekend to "a cessation of hostilities, not a pause."
He warned that countries "cannot use diplomacy in order to provide a human shield for" extremists like the Islamic State group and Al Nusra Front in Syria.