Cairo-Sana
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry reaffirmed today the need to reach a political solution to the crisis in Syria and to confront terrorist organizations and their supporters.
The Egyptian website, Al-Youm Al-Sabea, quoted the Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez as saying that Shukry informed the United Nations special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, during a phone call to Egypt's position in support of resolving the crisis in Syria in a manner that preserves its unity and independence of its national decision. And extremists and their supporters from the regional parties.
For his part, Pederson indicated the need to support efforts to move the political process.