Extremists Resort to Escalation to Prevent Political Solution- Jamil

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of local Trade and Consumer Protection Qadri Jamil stressed  that extremist forces at home and abroad, which  are scared of a political solution resort to various forms of escalation to prevent a political solution, which is backed by the vast majority of Syrians.

“The language of dialogue and halting  violence are, in general,  progressing in the Syrian street  by the various political forces, but some affected  sides in the West , Arab states and the opposition do  not want the political  solution , a matter which prompts some to carry out criminal and terrorist acts,”  Jamil said in an interview with Al-Manar on Monday  night.

He  explained that terrorist bombings will not intimidate the Syrian people, but even enhance their determination to proceed into a political solution in order to find a safe outlet to the crisis, pointing out that the most important victory to be achieved by the Syrians is to stop violence ,start dialogue and open the way before a comprehensive political solution.

He continued  that the achievements of the Syrian army forces which  prevent indirect foreign interference and working  in parallel on the political solution  provide  very important results and open horizons that  were closed months earlier  before solutions aspired by the  Syrian people.

He continued that  the most important achievements in the last period is the political program to resolve the crisis which was approved by the Syrian government  and the State Committee in charge has so far made great achievements through its intensive contacts with all forces  concerned , pointing out that very important breakthroughs  are expected during  coming weeks  with forces never expected to sit on the table for preliminary talks.

He indicated the lack of  confidence between all parties and the need to build bridges of trust , noting that ” the political program gave assurances and the  coming days and weeks will make us build bridges of trust with powers  that approved to join the dialogue but cast doubt on its potential, such as the “coordinating body ” at home and abroad “, adding that the government looks for ways to communicate with them and sit at the table for  preliminary talks , and  that the atmosphere is not negative in this direction.”

T. Fateh