Al-Jaafari: So-called “Opposition Coalition” Delegation to Geneva2 Dictated What to Say by Operators

DAMASCUS- Syria’s Permanent Representative at the United Nations Bashar al-Jaafari has stressed that the official delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic to Geneva2 conference wasn’t negotiating only the so-called “opposition coalition”, but 13 delegations; namely the “coalition” delegation, the UN delegation represented by Lakhdar Brahimi and 11 others residing in the “coalition’s” hotel to dictate its members what to do or what to say.

 Interviewed by the Syrian “SAMA” TV, al-Jaafari said Syria has won Geneva first round of talks thanks to the mechanism adopted by the Syrian official delegation during the talks that has exposed the failures of the other delegations which operate the “coalition”. Results of such failures began to appear for the public through the resignation of the Arab League representative Naser al-Qidwa and the expected resignation of the US ambassador Robert Ford at the end of this month, al-Jaafari added.

He stressed “were don’t reject discussing Geneva 1 communiqué, but this should be done within the logical and reasonable sequence of its items.”

He pointed out that the Syrian file has no longer become a Syrian-Syrian par excellence. There is an Arab, regional and international dimension that we saw in Montreux where 40 delegations, the majority of which were hostile to Syria, were selected to deliver anti-Syria speeches aiming at isolating the Syrian official delegation and showing it as unable to face the pressure.

“What surprised other delegations was the orchestra-like performance of the open-minded Syrian official delegation which managed to turn the platform set up to be used against Syria into a platform that serves Syria at the political and media aspects,” al-Jaafari said.

He added that the humanitarian issue in Syria was used by Australia and Luxemburg as a political pressure paper against the Syrian government during the conference, but they didn’t succeed.  

Syria UN Representative asserted that Syria is ready to be engaged in any political process that leads to ending the bloodshed and terrorism in Syria, to stopping the foreign intervention in internal affairs of the state and to leaving the Syrians to decide their future themselves.

H. Mustafa