Zoubi: Accusation on Syria Use of Chemical Weapons False, Groundless

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Information Minister Omran Zoubi stressed that news made by certain Arab and Western countries hostile agencies and TV stations on Syria ‘s use of chemical weapons are categorically false , mere fabrication and groundless, explaining that if Syria possessed chemical weapon it would not use it, because of the moral and nationalist values , the Syrian leadership and people enjoy.

“When we say that Syria will not use chemical weapons even if it is available, it means it will not use it against its own people and this is a self-evident matter which does not need explanations and data, “the minister said in a telephone call with the Syrian TV last night.  

The minister continued that Syria requested UN investigation in Khan al-Asal crime when terrorist groups used chemical weapons and invited the international investigation committee and is cooperating with it, a fact confirmed by UN sources to this end.

The minister indicated that the accusations made against the Syrian government in this regard are condemned , false and fall within a more than two- year and a half year scandal .

 “We categorically deny that the government had used chemical weapons on the Syrian territory and this will not be made in the future, despite our convictions that the proportion of non-Syrian foreigners fighting in Syria is the largest percentage in the armed terrorist groups , whose presence constitute an onslaught to the Syrian territory and sovereignty,” the minister underscored.

The Minister continued that whenever there is an international meeting, the armed terrorist groups commit violent acts violent and ugly massacres in an attempt to provoke the public opinion against the Syrian government and people, noting that the outside world no longer deals with this method which becomes exposed and of known targets.

The Minister went on that during the few past days, the armed terrorist groups committed several mass killings massacres, pointing out that the government is documenting these massacres by collecting available details ,data and information and address them via the Ministry of Foreign to international bodies , who are aware of the side which commits such violent and dirty acts.

The Minister noted that the Syrian armed forces carry out assigned duties and the Syrian diplomacy works at maximum energies positively in all directions while the Syrian media exposes these terrorist groups’s coward and treacherous behavior.

T. Fateh