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(Xinhua) 10:00, August 04, 2013

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PM KEEN ON GENEVA MEETING

While the violence is the main title of the current phase in Syria's 28-month-old crisis, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi renewed accusation of the West and the United States of not being serious about finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis due to their support to the armed rebels.

Speaking in an interview with the Iranian al-Alam TV, al-Halqi said "The West and America and some Arab countries are not serious about finding a political solution in Syria, and they are still supporting the rebels with arms and ammunition."

In the meantime, the prime minister stressed his country's willingness to participate in any conference that would be conducive to finding a solution to the crisis, particularly the long-awaited Geneva peace conference.

"As a government, we support every peaceful solution that could lead to a democratic and political future for Syria," he stressed.

On May 7, Moscow and Washington said they had agreed to hold an international conference in Geneva designed to facilitate a solution to the Syrian crisis through a political dialogue. The delayed conference is a follow-up to last year's international meeting in Geneva that drafted a peace roadmap for Syria but was never implemented.

The United Nations said recently that more than 100,000 people had been killed in Syria's 28-month crisis, with about 1.7 million forced to seek refuge in neighboring countries.

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