Foreign Ministers of CSTO states on Monday signed a Russian-American initiative on conveying a conference on Syria, Russian FM Sergey Lavrov said.

The final statement adopted by CSTO ministers says the organization stands for speediest solution to the crisis by Syrians.

The statement says Syrian developments are a major concern. The member states support the speediest overcoming of the crisis by the Syrians themselves while respecting the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic. In this regard, they consider it is necessary to stop violence in the country, wherever it may come, and launch a broad political dialogue between the authorities and the opposition without preconditions..

The Ministers condemn any manifestation of terrorism and violence against civilians and oppose illegal actions aimed at further militarization of internal conflict, including illicit supplies of weapons to the members of the armed opposition groups.

The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.

During the May 7 talks Russian FM Sergey Lavrov and Secretary of State John Kerry announced plans of an international conference on Syria.