Government takes first executive step in implementing political plan

DAMASCUS,(ST)_The political plan- committee headed by Prime Minister, Dr. Wael al-Halqi, has held the first meeting with national political parties and forces in Damascus.

The meeting comes within the framework of implementing the endorsed political plan based on national dialogue to resolve the crisis in Syria.

SANA reported that the committee held on Wednesday talks with Secretary General and politburo’s members of “Souria al-Watan” Party and discussed what has been achieved to launch the national dialogue.

Dr.al-Halqi said:” Participation of political, social and economic parties is essential to boost the mechanism of dialogue to reach common ideas to draw up national charter meeting citizens’ aspirations.”

For her part, Majd Neyazi, the party’s Secretary General, voiced support for peaceful solution and refusal of violence and the use of weapons by armed groups as well as call for stepping aside as a condition to solve the ongoing crisis.

“The party would spare no effort to contribute to rescue Syria from challenges that are facing it in the current stage,” Neyazi, adding the “Souria al-Watan” is positively dealing with national causes.

She also talked about the party’s activities as regard aid and communication with displaced citizens and coordination with all parties to agree on national approach to solve the crisis.

According to SANA, the participants in the meeting agreed on backing national dialogue program and political plan, and rejecting foreign dictations and meddling in Syria internal affairs.

They underscored that youths, including coordination group’s youths and even armed group, who lay away  their weapons, must take part in the dialogue . 

The meeting, in addition, tackled citizens’ basic needs, economic issue, national identity, and principle of citizenship.

Meeting displaced citizens abroad

Following the meeting , Neyazi told reporters the dialogue must be held inside Syria, calling on all Syrian displaced citizens abroad to return home because the country is moving towards new future.

She deplored the countries that are hosting Syrian displaced citizens for not allowing the party to communicate with the Syrian families in these countries.

“The government is serious in communication with opposition parties. We had an argument with the government about several points. We are going to present a paper, after two days, on these points,” Neyazi said.

Neyazi denounced the International Donors Conference held in Kuwait, noting that Syria has offered a lot to the Arab countries’ peoples and others. It (Syria) has never set up tents nor asked for money nor called for holding Donors Conference.

In other development, the committee tasked with supervising the return of Syrian displaced citizens to the country held today (Wednesday) its first meeting.

A new team

The meeting chaired by Joseph Sweid, Minister of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Affairs, debated logistic and administrative procedures to guarantee the citizens’ safe return to home.

SANA reported that a team from the Syrian Arab Red Crescent has been formed to communicate with Syrian displaced families in the neighboring countries to brief them on measures adopted to meet their needs.

A mechanism for communication between the committee and the citizens, who want to return home, is to be declared soon.

BasmaQaddour