Information Minister: Our Participation in Geneva Conference Motivated by Syria’s Higher National Interests

 DAMASCUS- Information Minister Omran al-Zou’bi has said that the official Syrian delegation will return to Geneva to try again to create a political track leading to tangible results that satisfy all parties, stressing that going ahead in the political track to attain a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria has been Syria’s top option since the beginning of the aggression on the country in 2011.

Interviewed by “al-Ekhbariyya” TV, al-Zou’bi said “we took part in the first round of Geneva2 conference despite the fact that we weren’t part in forming Geneva1 communiqué and the fact that the so-called opposition coalition wasn’t a representative of other opposition parties. We were motivated by Syria’s higher national interests and by our keenness to produce a Syrian-Syrian dialogue under a Syrian leadership and umbrella.”

“The decision of accepting Geneva conference results, if any, will be subjected to the popular will in Syria through a general referendum,” the minister said.

“We insist on the political solution which is a difficult complicated process that also needs time, but we will spare no effort to produce a political settlement,” he added.

Al-Zou’bi pointed out that by fighting terrorism, Syria is not defending itself only but defending all the Arab countries against terrorist takfiri thinking which will be a threat to all, stressing that Syria has warned that the support being provided to terrorists in Syria will hit back the countries which support terrorism, particularly, Saudi Arabia.

The minister affirmed “Saudi Arabia is financing and arming terrorists of all world nationalities. It keeps hosting media stations that incite terrorism and sedition and urge killing,” warning that unless Saudi Arabia stops its support to terrorism, its decision to punish the Saudis, who go to fight outside the kingdom, will be useless.

Al-Zou’bi also said that the Turkish government of Erdogan should also realize how guilty it was when it supported terrorism in Syria and facilitated terrorists’ infiltration into Syria across its borders.   

On the other hand, the minister hailed the efforts being exerted by concerned Syrian security authorities to chase terrorists who have been endangering the lives of innocent Syrians nationwide, referring in this regard to uncovering and arresting the masterminds and perpetrators of the terrorist attack which recently targeted the Syrian Radio and TV General Commission Building.

H. Mustafa