Russia's Medvedev urges search for Syria agreement

MOSCOW, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry

Medvedev told Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday

that the search for a way to end bloodshed in Syria should

continue, including in the U.N. Security Council, but that

foreign interference was not an option, the Kremlin said.

In a telephone conversation, Medvedev "underscored the need

to continue - including in the U.N. Security Council - the

search for agreed approaches with the aim of fostering the

resolution of the crisis by Syrians themselves, without external

interference," the Kremlin said in a statement.

(Writing by Steve Gutterman; Editing by Alissa de Carbonnel)