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“We are prepared to work with Saudi Arabia…”

Last December, Saudi Arabia said that it would spearhead efforts to build an “Islam Army” that would consist of 34 Sunni Muslim countries.

Regarding the Geneva talks, he attributed the current stalemate to Russia’s intransigent attitude towards supporting the regime of president Bashar Al-Assad.

Two important main decisions have been made regarding the global community sending troops into Syria – firstly, the U.S. with its current disposition towards Russian Federation is aware that the United Nations can not make a decision and as a result can not make any preparations.

“We are in complete solidarity with Saudi Arabia in confronting any disturbance in its internal affairs”, Mezouar said. “We did so in response to the request of the legitimate government”.

He called Assad the “single most effective magnet for extremists and terrorists in the region” and said his removal was crucial for restoring stability.

The two countries consider that the settlement of the Syrian crisis can only be achieved by allowing the Syrian people lead a political transition, while maintaining the State’s institutions and ending the cycle of violence, terrorism and the humanitarian crisis in the country, said Mezouar.

In January, tensions between the rivals escalated when Riyadh cut diplomatic ties with Tehran after protesters set fire to the Saudi embassy in Tehran in response to the kingdom’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric.

“If the coalition should decide to deploy Special Forces in the fight against IS in Syria, Saudi-Arabia will be ready to participate”, he said, using the initials IS to refer to Islamic State.

As the armed conflict rages on, life expectancy in Syria has dropped to 55.4 years- a far cry to the country’s pre-war life expectancy of 70 years.

His comments come after Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned on Wednesday that sending Saudi troops into Syria would be a “dangerous escalation”.

King Abdullah of Jordan echoed that sentiment, saying that the world must “act as one on the diplomatic front”.