Syrian Government Reserved Right to Defend its Citizens

DAMASCUS, (ST)-Dr. Bashar al –Jaafari, Syria’s Permanent Ambassador to UN, has made it clear that the UN Security Council’s statement concerning the support to the UN envoy to Syria Al-Akhdar al-Ibrahimi’s initiative to halt violence during the four-day  Eid al-Adha has  totally acknowledged that the armed terrorists groups in Syria are fully backed by foreign parties.

“this paragraph of the said statement ,released for the first time, underlined Syria’s view point about the influence of Arab, regional and international sides on armed groups, positively or negatively. So, these powers should be addressed,” al-Jaafari told the state-run Syrian TV.

The Russian statement draft submitted to the UN Security Council, he added, provided for calling on Syria’s Government and the opposition groups to positively respond to al-Ibrahimi’s initiative for sustained halting of violence and launching a political process.

“the nations which adopted hostile policies against Syria did not change their  political stances .However, two months ago, they admitted that their stances towards Syria were inaccurate. The language used by the Security Council has been changed concerning the recognition of the existence of armed groups such as al-Qaeda and its affiliated group,” al-Nusra Front” and others in Syria  .This was clearly revealed through the UN Security Council statements and the UN Secretary General himself who condemned the terrorist explosions in Syria,” al-jafaari pointed out.

Al-Jafaari clarified that powers involved in the Syrians’ suffering have failed twice; First, through calling for military foreign interference, and second through  foreign interference un cover of human pretext. Presently ,they are trying to examine another interference, namely through the International Tribunal Court. But this bet will also be a failure.

“The UN Secretary General told me that he is fully aware that if the armed groups did not adhere to ceasefire, then the Syrian Government reserved the right to defend its citizens and army,” Dr. al-Jafaari concluded.

M. Daoud