Information Minister: Popular Mood has lot of Nationalism , Little Politics

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Information  Minister Omran al- Zou’bi  stressed that the crisis in Syria posed problems before  intellectuals on  certain  concepts and the relationship between politics and culture  ,  and which prioritize over the other.

The minister pointed during a meeting with the delegation representing Iranian intellectuals  taking part in the Conference on the role of intellectuals in strengthening  Syrian people ‘s  steadfastness yesterday that there is a popular  mood now which has  , ” a lot of nationalism  and little politics ” at the level of individuals and groups.

He indicated  Iran’s position concerning  overall issues of the region and the world, noting the cooperation and coordination with unions of  Islamic  radio and television  stations  and supporting the Syrian media in the face of  the US-Zionist aggression , underlining  the importance of benefiting from the arguments of intellectuals and their visions in strengthening elements  of steadfastness in the face of conspiracies hatched  against  Syria and the region .

For his part, chairman  of the Arab Writers Union , Dr. Hussein Jumaa  reviewed  formula discussed by the conference and what  Iranian intellectuals debated  in the first day  of the said conference of  new ideas and  deep insights , particularly with respect to national sovereignty , Arabism and  true Islam  .

Dr. Reza Sadr al – Din al -Husseini, President of the Federation of  Iran ‘s radios and televisions  in Damascus  highlighted the conference as  marking a  distinctive start of a new relationship between intellectuals ,  that will continue  between  the two countries to discuss and provide insights and solutions to common issues, especially with regard to confronting the forces of global arrogance and terrorism.

Members of the visiting  delegation stressed  firm stand by Syria in confronting  aggression and  terrorists , pointing to the importance of revealing  the truth of what is happening in Syria to the world public opinion and the American public opinion, in particular as well as to establish  a legal  human rights movement in the Arab world to expose the double- standard policies  practiced in the application of the international law.

T. Fateh