Before arriving in Munich for the conference, Salehi told visiting Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad in Tehran that Iran was against foreign military intervention in Syria.
"We do not claim that this (Syrian) government is impeccable. But at the same time, we do not agree that it is the right thing of descriptions from the outside for Syrian," Salehi said in Munich, adding that "It is upon the people in Syria to decide themselves ... I think one of the ways of defining democracy is this."
Iran has proposed a six point plan for solving the Syrian crisis, asking a halt of all acts of violence and the armed conflict in Syria under the supervision of the United Nations as the first step.
Salehi said that he was not in a place to tell the head of Syria that "you should step back, somebody else have to take your place", and he had told Syrian opposition leader Al-Khatib that the only way to solve the Syrian crisis is to "sit with the government, form an interim government, draft a new constitution, and make parliamentary election, make your presidential election, under the international supervision so that every side is assured of the authenticity the process." And then "let the people elect whoever they wish to elect."
"Let's wait and see, how history will judge upon all of us," Salehi said.
China's weekly story (2013.01.27-01.31)
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