Nato has reiterated its commitment to finding a "political solution" to the conflict in Syria, even as the Syrian opposition rejected a peace plan backed by the United Nations, Russia, and the United States, RFE/EL reported.

Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said that the Syrian conflict had put the stability of the entire region at risk, but added that Nato would not intervene militarily in the conflict.

"The right response to this crisis remains a political response and a concerted response by the international community against a regime that has lost all humanity and all legitimacy," Rasmussen said.

His remarks come after Russia's Foreign Ministry announced earlier on July 2 that it would host talks with two Syrian opposition groups later this month to discuss a political transition plan.

The plan, announced after international talks in Geneva on June 30, calls for the formation of a government that could include members of both the regime and the opposition.

The plan was labeled a "mockery" by the Syrian opposition because it did not call for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down. The Free Syrian Army, whose fighters are battling the regime, has denounced the meeting as a "conspiracy" that serves the policy goals of the regime's allies in Russia and Iran.