TEHRAN - Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chairman of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said on Sunday that the crisis in Syria is result of the U.S. and its allies’ “mistake”.

“The U.S. strategic mistake which was made due to wrong analysis based on its allies’ information in the region [the Middle East] caused dispatching forces and training tens of thousands of terrorists in the region whose terrorist acts have influenced some of the European countries,” he said during a meeting in Tehran with Antti Kaikkonen, chief of the Finnish Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee.

Boroujerdi added that the volatile regional situation has resulted from the Western countries’ interventions to meet their “illegitimate interests”.

He also said that the Syrian crisis should be settled through inter-Syrian dialogue.

Commenting on Iran-Finland relations, he expressed hope that cooperation would be expanded in various areas.

Boroujerdi said that Iran’s policy is based on mutual respect, adding that Iran welcomes expansion of parliamentary ties with Finland.

Kaikkonen said that Iran and Finland have always had “friendly relations” even before the removal of sanctions.

He expressed hope that his trip to Iran would open new chapter in bilateral ties.

NA/PA