BEIRUT: The Syrian, Russian, Chinese and Iranian ambassadors to Lebanon said after a meeting Friday that a political solution is the only way to end the 21-month unrest in Syria and called for an immediate end to the violence. “The ongoing fighting in Syria, which targets the regime and is supported by some states, has so far only resulted in further death and destruction, and should stop immediately,” the envoys said, according to a statement from the Iranian Embassy in Beirut.
The statement said that Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel-Karim Ali, Iranian Ambassador Ghadanfar Rukn Abadi, Russian Ambassador Alexander Zasypkin and Chinese Ambassador Wu Zexian met at Abadi’s residence.
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