Mohammad Javad Zarif, who was speaking in his joint press conference with Austrian counterpart, told the press that the only way out of Syrian crisis was political solution and called all foreign countries to ‘cooperate in this.’

Asked by Mehr News correspondent what Mr. Zarif’s prediction of the future of Syria in the face of new developments and the speculations of postponing the presidential elections in light of the new situation in Syria was, and whether ‘reactionary states of the region’ (a title used by Iranian mainstream media for Persian Gulf Arab states including Saudi Arabia) along with their terrorist proxies would allow a democratic transition of power in Syria, he told that “as we stated before several times, we believe that the only solution for Syrian crisis is political and nobody would share their figment of imaginations with Syrian people.”

“The Islamic Republic of Iran has always been ready and willing to help end the war in Syria,” he added, asserting that “we expect foreign countries cooperate to bring a future to Syria where no place exist for extremism and murder.”

Zarif also said that elections would help realize such a role, and “we believe that there is still time for clashing groups in Syria to grasp the opportunity for their optimum use.”

Sebastian Kurz also responded to Mehr News question that whether the Geneva deal would contribute to Iran’s economic relations with EU countries especially Austria. “We have a good level of economic relations with Iran and as an EU member; assess these relations as very good,” told the Austrian foreign minister.

“Austrian companies have a similar evaluation of the ties with Iran,” Kurz added, and that “I am very pleased to visit Iran. This is a prelude for visit by Austrian president to Iran.”

About Iran’s nuclear program, he said that Austria’s position about the issue was transparent enough. “We hope there would be a reasonable solution to Iran’s nuclear dossier, and we also hope that nuclear weapon was not an end for Iran.” said Kurz.

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