BERLIN (Sputnik) — The foreign minister stressed that only a political solution can bring peace to the Middle East country.
"After all, we have a framework acceptable to all, talks in which all key players are together since Vienna and Munich: the United States and Russia, as well as Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia. This is far from guarantee of success, but it is more than we had achieved in the past five years. We must build on. We can not afford another five years of war, displacement and destruction in Syria," Steinmeier told Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung newspaper.
The UN Security Council Resolution 2254 was adopted last December. It reaffirms the previous agreements to end the bombardment of civilians in Syria, bring the entire spectrum of political groups in the war-torn country to the negotiating table and promote a lasting political resolution to the crisis.
