Al-Zou’bi: Syria was the first to make distinction between resistance and terrorism

DAMASCUS, (ST)_ ” Syria was  one of the first countries which called for making a distinction between  resistance and terrorism, as part of the ideological and national position advocated by Syria and the Syrians , in rejecting  occupation and hegemony , while standing in  total support for various types of resistance”, said the information minister Mr. Omran al-Zou’bi  in Damascus on Monday.

In a lecture  under the title ” International terrorism between politics and the law”, held at al-Chaam hotel, in Damascus, the information minister added that the said Syrian call was disregarded because it was based  on the distinction between legitimate resistance  and the emergence  of the Israeli occupation entity, which  breeds on terrorism.

He explained that as the US and the West  are organically  linked to this entity, they eventually reject this call, rather than its advocacy , because  they want to make this distinction , according to  rules and standards that transfer  the resistance in Lebanon and Palestine and  later in Iraq , into a form of terrorism; therefore such a resistance is  prohibited and legally prohibited , in line  with the  International law norms, which are mostly an American and European industry, targeting  the wealth and destiny of peoples.

Concerning the situation  inside Syria, Minister al-Zou’bi indicated :” doubtless,  what is happening in Syria  is terrorism, which is crystal clear since the first days  of the crisis in Syria….The foreign element combined with the development of the political incidents has become a carrier  to the crisis  and a commander for it.

He said that the political and diplomatic work scene of the  foreign forces in the international arena , concerning the  crisis in Syria was a mere cover which hides  what is taking place on the ground  of  opening offices to recruit so called al-Mujahideen “, bringing in mercenaries and financing the fighters in Syria.

The minister said :” all national forces should shoulder their national, historical and political responsibility, to withstand the foreign scheme and carry out the essence of the developmental national project inside the country which should be an ultimate Syrian project .

He detailed that part of the Syrian opposition , at home, , who held their conference  several days ago, came up with a statement calling for convening  an international conference  with the participation  of parties, that take hostile positions against Syria , particularly Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the USA, France  and other countries, at a time  when   the role played by such countries was unveiled, not to mention  the adoption of armed terrorist groups.

The minister  reviewed  the initiatives proposed  to solve the Syrian crisis  and how these initiatives  were  rejected and aborted by those who called for it . The advocates of these initiatives  were fought and their missions were  terminated, because they conveyed  their true vision  of the true scene of the Syrian crisis .

Within this context , the report of Lt. Gen. al-Daabi was rejected , while  the initiative  of the UN secretary general Kofi Annan  was circumvented . He continued that from the very beginning , they wanted to provide another picture to what is taking place  and to demonizing the Syrian state  and her governmental, security and military institutions and present this state  as corrupt and murderous.

Tomader