CAIRO: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) leaders called on Thursday for a “serious dialogue” between the Syrian opposition and government officials on a political transition to put an end to nearly two years of civil war.
A final statement after a two-day summit of the OIC’s 57 members backed an initiative by Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Saudi Arabia to broker negotiations to stop the bloodshed in which at least 60,000 people have died.
“We all agreed on the necessity to intensify work to put an end to the tragedies which the sisterly Syrian people are living through,” Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi told the closing ceremony.
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