The World Council of Churches (WCC) organized a meeting to discuss of the churches in effectively moving all parties in Syria towards a peace agreement

The meeting was held on Wednesday at the Ecumenical Institute in Bossey, Switzerland.

The meeting was attended by representatives of U.S., Russia, France, Germany, England, Syria and Iraq as well as representative of Holy Etchmiadzin Archbishop T. Vigen Aykazyan and head of Armenian diocese of Syria, bishop Armash Nalbandian, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin press service reported.

Church leaders have called a political solution the only way towards peace in Syria, says the statement posted on the WCC official website.

A communique issued at the end of the meeting said, “Churches must continue to raise their voice in their congregations, in their societies and with their governments. We must strengthen the public outcry so that those in power will protect the common interest of humanity.”

It adds, “We believe there can be no military solution to the crisis in Syria. It is time for the international community to assume its responsibility to end the violence and initiate a political process that brings peace for all the people of Syria.”