“We should settle problems in this country (Syria) through cooperation with each other and prevent further deterioration of the situation,” Larijani said in a meeting with Turkey's Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek on the sidelines of the 8th General Assembly Meeting of the Islamic Inter-Parliamentary Union (IIPU) in Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on Monday.
The Iranian Majlis speaker said Tehran and Ankara should make efforts to improve the situation in Syria and put an end to the massacre of people in the crisis-stricken country.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since March 2011. Many people, including large numbers of security forces, have been killed in the turmoil.
The Syrian government says that the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country, and there are reports that a very large number of the militants are foreign nationals.
Larijani also appreciated efforts made by his Turkish counterpart and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to secure the release of 48 Iranian pilgrims abducted by foreign-backed militants in Syria.
Forty-eight Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped by foreign-backed Syrian armed men on August 4, 2012, while they were traveling on a bus from Damascus International Airport to the shrine of Hazrat Zainab (AS) on the outskirts of the Syrian capital.
The Iranian abductees were released in a swap deal between the Syrian government and armed opposition groups.
Turkish parliament speaker, for his part, stressed the importance of improving relations with Iran and said he would pay a visit to Tehran in the near future.
Iran is an important country and we are trying to expand ties, Cicek added.
He noted that Iran and Turkey are concerned about developments in the region, expressing hope that regional problems would be resolved through negotiations.
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