Friends of Syria to support Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces

A new meeting of the Friends of Syria group was held today in Istanbul. The meeting was attended by US Secretary of State John Kerry, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and their counterparts from the UK, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the UAE, Italy, Germany and France.
Representatives of the Syrian Coalition of Opposition and Revolutionary Forces also took part in the event.

All 11 countries of the group promised full support for the coalition.

The Turkish foreign minister called for end to violence in Syria. "In order to stop the mass killing all the parties should act together," Professor Davutoglu said.

The US secretary of state underlined that the crisis is no longer a local one and threatens all countries of the region. "This bloodshed should be stopped at once," Kerry said.