Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday voiced his country's support to arming the Syrian major opposition group in an effort to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Davutoglu made the remarks at a press conference with his Italian counterpart Giulio Terzi after a working breakfast in Istanbul.

Davutoglu said that the international community's message might be conveyed to the Syrian administration via certain methods including the arming of the Syrian National Council (SNC), an opposition umbrella.

On Friday, Davutoglu met with a group of Syrian opposition figures headed by SNC chief Burhan Ghalioun, a day after Ghalioun said in Paris that the council would probably inaugurate a military representation in Turkey to provide the Syrian opposition with weapons.

"What is taking place in Syria is a human tragedy. It is high time for the international community to say 'stop' to the atrocities being committed in Syria," Davutoglu said Saturday.

Ahead of the upcoming Istanbul meeting of the so-called " Friends of Syria," pressure must be implemented on Damascus so that humanitarian assistance could reach the Syrian people, Davutoglu said.

"We want the Syrian state to make peace with its own people before the Syrian state goes bankrupt and the state structure fails," he said.

Turkey, once a close ally of Syria, has repeatedly called on Damascus to stop violence against civilians and imposed on Syria a series of sanctions including an arms embargo in a protest against its government's alleged crackdown on opposing forces.