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International Community Should Help Syria Find Political Solution to Crisis: UN

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The global community and the United Nations have to help the Syria to find a political solution to its crisis, UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Thursday, according to SANA news agency.

BEIRUT, September 11 (RIA Novosti) – The global community and the United Nations have to help the Syria to find a political solution to its crisis, UN special envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Thursday, according to SANA news agency.

De Mistura made the statement following talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Later in the day, the UN envoy is expected to discuss the prospects of further negotiations on a peaceful settlement of the Syrian crisis with leaders of the Syrian opposition, according to As-Safir newspaper.

On Wednesday, Staffan de Mistura met with Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem. The sides affirmed that the priority right now is to combat terrorism, particularly groups such as the Islamic State (IS) and Jabhat al-Nusra. Muallem stressed that the sources that sustain such terrorist organizations should be restricted. It is necessary to pressure the countries financing, arming and training terrorists, the Syrian Foreign Minister said, according to SANA. Both sides also noted the importance of local reconciliations in Syria as they facilitate efforts to end the crisis in the country.

The UN special envoy to Syria said that he is ready to do anything that could end the suffering in Syria.

The armed conflict has been ongoing in Syria since March 2011 and has claimed lives of almost 200,000 people, according to the UN. Government troops are confronted by militias belonging to different armed groups. The most active are IS militants, who led an assault on the northern and western regions of Iraq in early June, and announced the creation of an "Islamic caliphate" in Iraq and Syria on June 29.

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