UN official says China's proposal on Syria welcomed (2)

"Clearly, there is a need to shift away from the military logic that is prevailing at the moment," he said. "The solution must be arrived at through a political process" which has to be a Syrian- led process and cannot be imposed.

Feltman also added that Brahimi has signaled that the Geneva Action group communique should be an important building block of his plan.

"We continue to hope that the Security Council can come together and act in a unified fashion on Syria, as this would be critical to any peace effort. Without this, our chances for success are far more limited," said Feltman.

Despite international diplomatic efforts to ease the 19-month- long turmoil, Syrian government troops and opposition continue to trade fire unabatingly.

The UN estimated that more than 20,000 people, mostly civilians, have reportedly died in Syria since the country's crisis broke out in March 2011.

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