Al-Ja’afari Lambastes Provocative and Hostile Tone against Syria’s Official Delegation in Geneva II

GENEVA,(ST)_Syria’s permanent representative to the UN has lambasted the US provocative remarks during the Geneva-2 conference, stressing that the Syrian official delegation wants to engage in an earnest political dialogue.  

Speaking to reporters, Bashar al-Ja’afari said: “Apparently, the US is a partner with Russia in sponsoring the Geneva-2 conference, but actually the US has its own policies and it is part in the problem.”

“The statement released by the US Secretary of State John Kerry was not diplomatic. It was provocative one,” he added.

Al-Ja’afari clarified that there is no room for maneuvers and talking about stages because the Geneva 2 conference has a specific goal to be notched up and it is being held as the Syrian blood is still being shed. 

“We hope that the other part is serious in the talks despite the fact that it doesn’t represent all spectra of the national opposition,” he said, reiterating that Geneva I communiqué shouldn’t be read selectively.

Coalition’s Childlike behavior

Al-Ja’afari cited that the official delegation doesn’t only negotiate with the members of the other delegation as there are minds and bodies training the other delegation on how to talk.

He also talked about the childlike behavior of the coalition delegation in the opening ceremony of the international conference in Montreux, asserting that the coalition’s statement in the opening ceremony was full of hatred.

Bold statement

Al-Ja’afari underscored that most of the delegations in the conference have used a hostile language towards the Syrian policy to give the impression that the Syrian official delegation is isolated.

“But it was failed because our statement was brave, bold and realistic,” he said.

Al-Ja’afai sees that the UN itself has turned to be a focus of international problems instead of being a place for solving the problems because there are some powers in the UN who dominate and influence making decisions.

“Since the end of the World War II, the armed conflicts have tripled,” he added.

B.Qaddour