Russia, Iran oppose foreign intervention in Syria-Kremlin

MOSCOW, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The presidents of Russia

and Iran said on Wednesday that the crisis in Syria must be

resolved peacefully without foreign intervention, the Kremlin

said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Iranian President

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke by telephone a day after the United

States appeared to open the door to eventually arming Syrian

rebels.

"The sides spoke out in favour of Syrians themselves

overcoming the crisis as swiftly as possible through exclusively

peaceful means, without foreign intervention," Medvedev's press

service said in a statement.

(Writing by Steve Gutterman)