‘Annan trip helpful in ending Syria crisis’

Ali Kassem said on Sunday that Annan’s meetings with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition figures can help bring about a solution to the unrest “as long as there will be no foreign intervention or help in whatsoever [form] from foreign countries to armed groups.”

Annan, who had traveled to Syria as the special envoy for the United Nations and the Arab League, left Damascus on Sunday.

The former UN chief said in a press conference after the second round of talks with Assad in Damascus on Sunday that he had “presented a set of concrete proposals” to the Syrian president “which would have a real impact on the situation on the ground” in Syria.

“Almost every Syrian I have met wants peace,” Annan said.

According to Syrian state television, the first round of talks between Assad and the UN-Arab League envoy to Damascus on Saturday was held in a “positive atmosphere.”

On Sunday, the former UN chief also met with Grand Mufti of Syria Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun to discuss the ways to resolve the unrest in the country.

Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011.

The West and the Syrian opposition blame the government for the turmoil, but Damascus says “terrorists” are responsible for the unrest.

The Syrian president said on February 20 that “some foreign countries” are fueling the turmoil in Syria by supporting and funding “armed terrorist groups fighting against the government.”

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