John Kerry Talks Syria With Saudi Arabia, Envoy Says Assad Won't Consider Peace Conference

World leaders joined up on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Syria, with topics ranging from a 'political solution' to the probability of Assad's participation in peace talks.

As U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to discuss the situation in Syria, UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi met with Russian officials in Geneva.

Both John Kerry and Saudi Arabian Prince Saud al-Faisal agreed to put pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to bring a postponed international peace conference back to the table, as they condemned the leader of the regime for putting together a coalition of foreign aid.

"The kingdom calls for issuing an equivocal international resolution to halt the provision of arms to the Syrian regime and states the illegitimacy of the regime," al-Faisal said, according to Reuters.

For Kerry, the only way to put an end to the civil war that has ripped Syria apart for more than two years was to craft a political solution.

"We believe that the best solution is a political solution," The Washington Post reported Kerry saying during his meeting with the Saudi leader.

According to al-Faisal, Assad's addition of Hezbollah and Iranian soldiers to the fight is a key climactic event that must not go unacknowledged-Syria is now an occupied area, he said, and international bodies must respond accordingly.

"Syria is facing two things-unprecedented genocide and a foreign invasion," the Saudi leader said.

Kerry said that America will not stop giving military aid to the Syrian opposition forces, a move that many claim could be dangerous for the U.S.

"We do not want this to be a wider war," Kerry said, defending the government's decision to arm the opposition. "We will continue to provide assistance to the Syrian opposition in the interim. Because we do not believe it is appropriate for the Assad regime to have invited the Iranians and Hezbollah to cross international lines and to have their fighters on the ground."

Kerry stated that there were no United States, Saudi, nor Qatari fighters on the ground in Syria. The Washington Post reported that America currently has 1,000 troops stationed in Jordan, providing training to the rebel forces.

As Kerry continued his trip through the Middle East and Asia, UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi was set to meet with high-level United States and Russian officials in Geneva. Before travelling to Switzerland for the conference, Brahimi said he doubted that Syria would put peace talks back on their schedule, having stalled a conference after agreeing to participate last week.

"Frankly, I doubt whether the conference will take place in July," he said to Reuters. "The opposition has their next meeting on July 4-5. So I don't think they will be ready."

Brahimi also expressed his wish that large, powerful nations would flex their muscle to help staunch the flow of violence in the area.

"I very, very much hope that the governments in the region and the big powers-in particular the United States and Russia-that they will act to contain this situation that is getting out of hand, not only in Syria but also in the region."

Brahimi is set to meet with U.S. Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman and two Russian deputy foreign ministers, Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Gatilov later on Tuesday.