Shaaban: “coalition” represents Saudi Arabia

DAMASCUS,(ST)- “If the various parties have the political will to put an end to the Syrian suffering, to the crisis in Syria, they can do it within weeks. If they can only stop financing the arming [of “rebels” in Syria] and the smuggling of terrorists across the border from Turkey, 50 percent of the crisis in Syria would be over in two weeks’ time,” Dr. Buthaina  Shaaban,the presidential political and media advisor, said in an exclusive interview to RT.

” the Syrian government was ready to take part in Geneva-2 peace talks without any preconditions. The Syrian  government is ready to sit down for peace talks with “people who represent the political opposition” of the Syrian population, but not the “armed rebel groups”, Dr. Shaaban said. 

For example, the coalition represented by Saudi Arabia “has nothing to do with the Syrian people,” underlined Shaaban.

“We would like to know, ‘Who do these people represent on the ground?’ Do they represent the [Al-] Nusra Front or Al-Qaeda? They do not represent the Syrian people.”

” the Syrian government is a legitimate and elected ,so it  is interested in Syria’s future and integrity of its lands, “underscored Shaaban.

She made it clear that Saud al-Fayssal,the Saudi Foreign Minister ,has no right to talk on behalf of the Syrian people.

Shaaban  added that Russia, China and Iran want to help put an end to the war in Syria, but other parties “have been putting up obstacles for two years” to undermine the solution of the crisis.

Dr. Shaaban also urged US Secretary of State John Kerry to be more constructive, “not to change his narrative” and to “take the same stance” every time he speaks about the crisis in Syria.

 “The US Secretary of State should honor his words … and take the same stance everywhere he goes, so the people would understand what [the US stance is],according to RT.

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