Egypt has welcomed the appointment of Lakhdar Brahimi as the new U.N.-Arab League Special Envoy for Syria. During Brahimi's telephone call with him, Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohammad Kamel Amr said his country supports his mission and expressed Egypt's readiness to provide all possible assistance to stop the deterioration (of the situation in Syria) and bloodshed of Syrian brothers there. The spokesman of the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Amr Rushdie said Brahimi and Kamel Amr also reviewed the current situation in Syria and the Arab and international efforts towards the (Syrian) crisis.