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Assad says he backs any effort that helps Syrian stability

DAMASCUS - Syria will cooperate with any effort to resolve its crisis that promotes stability in the country, the state news agency SANA quoted President Bashar Assad as saying on Tuesday.
"Syria from the beginning has welcomed any efforts that back the Syrian solution to the crisis," SANA quoted Assad as saying while meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, adding that he reiterated "Syria's readiness to cooperate with any effort that supports stability."