In a meeting with his Omani counterpart Sheikh Khalid bin Hilal al-Mawali on the sidelines of the 4th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments in New York, sponsored by the Geneva-based Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Stressing that military action in Syria has totally failed, he said the situation there is such that only a political solution could settle problems. The Iranian official further highlighted positive the role of Oman in the region especially in Yemen talks. The Omani official said he too believed dialogue was the only way which guarantees nations' interests. He stressed that military ways have led to nothing but massacre, homelessness and destruction of infrastructures.