Miqdad : U.S. decision to arm terrorist groups a gift to abort Geneva 2 conference

GENEVA,(ST)-Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister Dr. Faisal al-Miqdad ‘ stressed that the US decision to arm terrorist groups in Syria is a gift to abort  Geneva 2 Conference and that the party providing weapons to terrorist groups is not interested in the success of this conference.

In statements to reporters today, al-Miqdad described the U.S. decision as a very bad and the worst message , noting that the Americans should not support the armed groups , based on their knowledge that the weapons they sent before , went to terrorists .

He noted that the Syrian delegation is working day and night for the success of the Geneva 2 Conference , to overcome impeding obstacles and will exercise the maximum degree of flexibility in order to achieve security and peace for the Syrians .

Al-Miqdad stressed that one who demands the departure of President Bashar al- Assad offers a recipe for the destruction of Syria and that the presence of President al-Assad on the top of the Presidency in Syria is the only factor that ensures and guarantees a peaceful solution to this crisis and to achieve peace and security in Syria .
He stressed that President Al-Assad does not need protection from any party , rather he protects Syria because he is protected by the people and ” we are ready to protect Syria, even if this unfair global war on Syria continues for fifty years.”

He pointed out that preparations to get out the besieged in old Homs are still in process and the government is ready to receive all the women and children, noting that convoys of food and medicine recently reached about four million people.

Al-Miqdad explained that the talks in Geneva were not suspended  and will be resumed tomorrow morning through the UN envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi .

In response to a question on the existence of the U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford in Geneva and that he meets the coalition delegation , Miqdad said , ” Ambassador Ford is in Geneva, and is meeting with the coalition delegation and providing them with his instructions and that if Ford leaves Geneva the coalition delegation will leave it”.

T.Fateh