President al-Assad asks Syria’s delegation to Geneva 2 conference to live up to the Syrians’ expectations

DAMASCUS, (ST) –” you have to live up to the Syrians’ expectations through expressing their hopes and pains  plus  preserving Syria’s sovereignty as always, preventing and rejecting any foreign interference no matter its form and context, and accepting no relinquishing of the well-known Syrian national standards. Most importantly, preserving the country and the people and placing their interest above any other consideration, “underscored President Bashar Al-Assad.

This came during a meeting President Al-Assad held on Monday with  the official delegation tasked with participating in international conference on Syria which will be convened  in Geneva on January 22nd 2014.

Addressing the delegation, President Al-Assad made it clear that anything reached in Geneva will not succeed if the Syrian people don’t accept it, and that any political solutions requires first and foremost the complete cessation of terrorism and pressuring the countries which support and sponsor it to comply with international conventions, laws and norms which incriminate anyone who provides any form of assistance to terrorism and terrorist organizations.

“we  will go to Geneva eying  the Syrian people’s aspirations  and President Al-Assad’s directives  to begin a political dialogue as a first step to an inter-Syrian dialogue on Syrian soil,”affirmed the delegation.

It is to be noted that Syria’s delegation to Geneva conference consists of Walid al-Moallem who heads the delegation, Omran al-Zoubi and Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban who are the deputy heads of delegation, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, Hussam Eddin Alla, Bashar al-Jaafari, Ahmad Farouk Arnous, Luna al-Shebl, and Usama Ali.

M.D