(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "The Islamic Republic of Iran, as the head of the Non-Aligned Movement and Iraq as the president of the Arab League can make use of the capacity of these bodies to seriously and correctly influence the regional issues and play a role," the Supreme Leader said at the meeting with Maliki on the sidelines of the 16th NAM summit in Tehran on Friday.
"The Non-Aligned Movement should make a political entry into the issue of Syria and take the initiative to put an end to the present situation," he continued.
The Leader further cautioned of the enemies' propaganda efforts to stir sectarian war between the Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Syria, and stated, "The reality of the Syrian issue is that certain states spearheaded by the US and a number of other powers are running a proxy war against the Syrian government to secure the interests of the Zionist regime and deliver a blow to Resistance in the region."
"And the Syrian people have become a scapegoat of this plot," the leader stressed, and added, "and this situation should come to a halt at the earliest."
Also, earlier in a meeting with Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi on the sidelines of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit in Tehran, Ayatollah Khamenei called on Damascus to unveil the plots hatched by the enemies in a move to enlighten the world public opinion about realities in Syria.
Ayatollah Khamenei blamed the US and the Zionist regime of Israel for the crisis in Syria, and said, "NAM is definitely more entitled to politically deal with the Syrian issues than the US, the NATO and certain European states."
He further described the status quo and the massacre of people in Syria as "unacceptable", and said, "Those who pave the ground for the inundation of arms supplies to Syria and render financial support to irresponsible groups are the main culprits who should be blamed."
"If the opposition of the European states who are now staging demonstrations are given money and weapons, the present conditions in Syria would be seen in those countries as well," the leader added.
Ayatollah Khamenei further described Bashar al-Assad's government as an "oppressed government" with regard to the recent developments in Syria, and said, "The Syrian government should continue political reforms in a bid not to give an excuse to the opposition and excuse-seekers, and meantime disclose the reality and the behind-the-scene plots in Syria for the Arab public opinion."
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