Jordan’s Foreign Minister and his Cypriot counterpart discuss Amman initiative to solve the Syrian crisis

Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi discussed with his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Compos the Syrian file and ways to resolve the Syrian crisis.

He explained that Safadi stressed the need for a leading Arab role for the solution in Syria, including the Jordanian initiative.

Safadi said: “The situation in Syria has caused great suffering to the Syrian people, and it has continued for a long time.”

The Jordanian minister noted that his country was making great efforts, like other Arab countries, to launch an Arab role in the efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis and to address all the problems that had resulted since 2011.

For his part, Constantinos Compos stressed the importance of the safe return of Syrian refugees to their country, as well as the resolution of the crisis in Syria pursuant to Security Council resolution 2254.

“The suffering of Syrians must end, and the continuation of the war in Syria is unacceptable,” he said, noting at the same time that he had discussed with Safadi the Jordanian initiative on Syria.

At the Jeddah Summit held on 15 this month, Jordan proposed a joint Arab peace plan “to end the crisis in Syria.

According to Reuters, a Jordanian official said: “His country’s proposal at the meeting includes the formation of a group of Arab countries to address the Assad regime directly to end the war in Syria.

The Jordanian plan dealt with all points relating to Syria, both humanitarian and political.

This plan is crucial to addressing the humanitarian, security and political consequences in Syria and is based on a “step-by-step” initiative.

The United States and a number of other European countries are familiar with the plan.

The Jordanian official stressed the importance of obtaining Western support for the plan, considering that this would be a crucial point for ending the war and lifting U.S. sanctions to begin Syria’s reconstruction.