GENEVA-The People’s Assembly (PA) Delegation taking part in the 129th International Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference in Geneva held meetings with some participating delegations during which the Syrian side provided detailed information about the “systematic destruction” the Syrian institutions are being exposed to as a result of the armed terrorist groups’ attacks. The delegation also explained the Syrian people’s suffering caused by the terrorism of the takfiri groups and the mercenaries who keep killing and beheading citizens in Syria.
The PA delegation discussed with Andro Johnson, the Secretary General of the IPU, clarified Syria’s stance on the topics listed on the agenda of the conference and explained Syria’s political program to solve the crisis in the country within the framework of a political solution that meets the aspirations of the Syrians and guarantees their country’s unity and sovereignty.
In another meeting with Secretary General of the Mediterranean’s Parliamentary Society and Secretary General of the Arab Parliamentary Union Sergio Biazi, the Syrian delegation affirmed the role of regional organizations in confronting the danger of terrorism, preventing wars and solving internal conflicts diplomatically.
The Syrian delegation also handed the British House of Commons’ delegation a letter from the People’s Assembly hailing the British House of Commons’ rejection of the US and British threats of aggression against Syria. The Syrian side affirmed the importance of consolidating contacts between the People’s Assembly and the British House of Commons to serve the interest of the citizens of the two countries.
The Syrian delegation also held talks with Parliamentarians from Iran, Cameron, Pakistan, France, Bolivia, Japan, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, Kuwait and Iraq on parliamentary cooperation, ways of combating international terrorism and on how to reactivate parliaments’ role in pressuring their governments to prevent them from interfering in other countries’ internal affairs.
H. Mustafa