Election is solution to Syria crisis: Ahmadinejad

TEHRAN, Oct. 3 (MNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has said a national dialogue leading to election is the best way to settle the bloody conflict in Syria. In an interview with Al Jazeera television broadcast on Tuesday, Ahmadinejad said war was not the way forward. "There is another way to find a solution, it is national, mutual understanding in order for there to be elections in the future," the president said. "Syria's case is very complex and at the same time is a very important one," Ahmadinejad said. "Should I follow those demanding war? I don't think the language of war is a good language. "There must be a different way to solve problems ... I have opposed war, but those who want things to be settled through dialogue are a minority and perhaps the majority are in favor of going ahead in the context of war." In a press conference in Tehran on Tuesday President Ahmadinejad echoed the same remarks saying, the conflicting “sides should hold national dialogue but some say they should fight.” He added the Syrian people should enjoy freedom and be involved in the running of their country.