(VOVworld)- Arab nations and Russia have agreed that violence in Syria must end and called for unbiased monitoring of the situation, opposition to foreign intervention, delivery of humanitarian aid and support for UN-Arab League Syria envoy Kofi Annan. Agreement on the five points was announced on Saturday after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attended a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo to discuss the Syrian crisis. Meanwhile, Syrian President Bashar Al Assad on Saturday announced the country is ready to join any efforts to seek an end to its political crisis. Syria’s official news agency SANA reported that the announcement was made during talks between President Assad and UN-Arab League Syria envoy Kofi Annan in Damascus.