CAIRO
Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu of the Organization of the Islamic Cooperation (OIC) welcomed the initiative of Moaz Al-Khatib, head of Syrian Revolutionary & Opposition Forces (SMDK), who called for a dialogue with Syrian regime.
Recently, Al-Khatib stated that Syrians agreed to negotiate with the government to stop the bloodshed.
"We agree to confer with the authorities to stop the bloodshed, destruction and burning down of Syria" Al-Khatib said.
Ihsanoglu told AA that Al-Khatib's initiative was a right step to take.
Noting that the crisis should be solved by political ways, Ihsanoglu said that a military solution would extend the crisis towards other countries in the region instead of eliminating the crisis.
Ihsanoglu also said that OIC supported efforts of UN & Arab League's Special Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi.
OIC calls for dialogue between Syrian govt and opposition
OIC has called on the Syrian government and SMDK to sit at a negotiation table.
A draft final statement was released after OIC Leaders' summit committee meetings in Egyptian capital of Cairo.
The draft statement said that the Syrian government's representatives, who would sit at negotiation table, should not have been a part of direct violence against civilians.
Earlier, Moaz Al-Khatib, head of SMDK, stated that Syrians agreed to negotiate with the government to stop the bloodshed.
"We agree to confer with the authorities to stop the bloodshed, destruction and burning down of Syria," he said.
The draft statement also said that foreign ministers, during OIC leaders' summit, expressed support to UN & Arab League's Special Envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi for a political solution to Syrian crisis.
The draft thanked Kuwait as it hosted an international donors conference for Syria.
It was also decided that OIC member states would hold a donors meeting for Palestine in April the latest.
The draft statement noted that political, economic and social situation in Palestine was getting worse, and that it was necessary to prepare strategic plans and projects to develop especially Jerusalem.
