Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs, Dr. Ali Haidar, stressed that the solution to the crisis in Syria is through national reconciliation that rejects violence and the use of arms and creates the appropriate environment to start the process of national reconciliation on the basis of a compromises that serve the interest of all Syrians.

Haidar was speaking in a statement to the journalists after meeting Swedish Ambassador in Damascus Niklas Kebbon.

The Minister said that the meeting dealt with prospects of cooperation between the ministry and the international community or through the UN Special Envoy to Syria Kofi Annan and his team or through the European Union and some of its countries which might have effective contributions to solving the crisis in Syria.

He added that the Swedish Ambassador stressed that his country will not cut off its diplomatic relations with Syria and THAT the Embassy will open its door as long as the security situation allows it.