DAMASCUS, (ST) – Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, Speaker of the People’s Assembly, underscored the important role that has been exerted by the National and Arab parties and figures in mobilizing popular and official efforts to face the Western projects that aim at dividing the Arab nation.
Al-Laham’s remark came during his meeting on Tuesday with an Algerian delegation comprising political, media and legal figures.
He stressed that Syria will succeed in confronting the ongoing crisis it faces because its option is that of the Arab peoples, who are rejecting imperialism and submission.
“Syria was and is still paying the price for supporting resistance and defending the Arab rights and issues against the conspiratorial projects aimed at taking over the Arab nation’s resources,” al-Laham added.
Al-Laham highlighted the negative role of the Arab League that has been part of the conspiracy against Syria by blocking off the Syrian satellite channels aiming at masking the terrorists’ crimes and the instigation it has practiced against the Syrian state through Gulf-funded channels who were involved in the Syrians’ bloodshed.
The Speaker cited Saudi Arabia and Qatar among the main Gulf countries that have been supplying the terrorists in Syria with money and arms, denouncing the hostile countries’ accusing Syria of not cooperating in delivering the humanitarian aid as part of instigation against the Syrian state.
He affirmed that the Syrian government is exerting great efforts to deliver aid to the citizens in need, condemning the UN representatives’ silence over the US-Western backed armed terrorist groups’ acts of hijacking aid convoys from reaching their destination.
“The People’s Assembly has an active role in the efforts to achieve national reconciliation and launch national dialogue, noting that the political program to solve the crisis in the country. Furthermore, he stresses the participation of all national forces and parties in the comprehensive national dialogue, including the national opposition forces which reject terrorism and foreign interference,” stated al-Laham.
For their part, the Algerian delegation members asserted the Algerian people’s solidarity with the Syrians to confront the conspiracy targeting Syria’s pan-Arab role, pointing out that their visit aims at inspecting the real situation to expose the falsification and misleading media concerning the events in Syria.
They called for forming an Arab popular parliament as an alternative to the official Arab and regional institutions that have failed to defend Syria and to bring to light the truth about the daily crimes committed by the armed groups.
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