29 December 2012 - 16:33

Lebanon's Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun hailed Iran's six-point peace plan for resolving the crisis in Syria as "comprehensive and balanced".

(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - "The plan ensures the interests of all sides and is completely balanced," Aoun said in a meeting with Tehran's Ambassador to Beirut Qazanfar Roknabadi on Saturday. 

He said a similar plan in Lebanon in 1980s had successful outcomes and ended civil war in the country. 

Aoun also underlined the necessity for the cessation of hostilities and clashes in Syria to pave the ground for the start of dialogue among Syrian groups. 

During the meeting, Roknabadi briefed Aoun on Iran's 6-point plan, and said Iran believes that the Syrian nation should decide their country's fate and no foreign country should interfere in the Syrians' affairs. 

On December 16, the Iranian foreign ministry explained about the contents of Tehran's six-point plan for solving the problems in Syria, saying stop of violence and preventing foreign military intervention stand atop the proposal. 

According to the foreign ministry, the first step is stopping violence and preventing military intervention of other countries in the Syrian issue. 

The second step is preventing the shipment of weapons and holding national talks. Setting up a committee of the representatives of the Syrian people and government to reach an agreement on necessary reforms, taking steps to hold elections, reforming the Constitution as well as holding parliamentary and presidential elections are among the other moves demanded by the Iranian proposal. 

Iranian officials have recently called on political leaders and religious figures in the region to support Tehran's 6-point plan to settle the crisis in Syria. 

Tehran has recently doubled its efforts to settle the problems in Syria which has been experiencing unrests since March 2011 with organized attacks by well-armed gangs against Syrian security forces and border guards. 

On November 18, Iran hosted the Syrian National Dialogue Conference, with the motto "No to Violence, Yes to Democracy". 

Over 200 Syrian religious and political figures, leaders of tribes and parties as well as representatives and leaders of the opposition groups took part in the two-day meeting in Tehran. 

A number of Syrian parliament members as well as senior political figures from Sudan, Algeria, Turkey, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraq, Brazil and Zimbabwe also took part in the meeting.

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