India To Attend UN Sponsored Conference On Syria

New Delhi, Jan 1, IRNA -- India is preparing to participate in the UN-sponsored international conference on Syria to be held in Geneva which will bring together all warring parties, domestic and international, to resolve the crisis and stabilize the Arab country. India has been informed very ˈauthenticallyˈ about its invitation to Geneva II, scheduled for next month, and is awaiting a formal invite in this regard, the Spokesperson in the External Affairs Ministry said here on Tuesday, pti reported. Apart from the financial assistance of USD one million to the trust of Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague for destruction of Syriaˈs chemical weapons and related facilities, India has also offered the services of its experts to help in the destruction of Damascusˈ chemical weapons arsenal and related facilities. India has maintained that the Syrian conflict should be resolved via dialog. New Delhi, like Russia as well as China and Iran, has made it clear that it does not support any military intervention by Western powers, and this stand is seen by Russia as further justification of its own Syria policy./end