Shoukry stresses necessity of confronting terrorists in Syria decisively

Cairo, SANA- Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reaffirmed the necessity of reaching a political solution to the crisis in Syria and confronting the terrorist organizations and their backers.

The Egyptian website of al-Youm al-Sabea quoted Egyptian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman, Ahmad Hafez as saying that Shoukry in phone call with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen stressed Egypt’s support to finding a solution to the crisis in Syria in a way that preserves its unity and the independence of its national decision.

Shoukry also reiterated Egypt’s emphasis on the necessity of decisively confronting terrorist and extremist organizations and their regional supporters.

Pedersen, for his part, underlined the necessity of supporting the efforts which aim to push the political process forwards.

Ruaa al-Jazaeri

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