PA Speaker: Dialogue Only Way to Quit the Crisis…PM: Government Keen to Meet Citizens’ Needs, Restore Stability to Homeland
DAMASCUS, (ST) – The foreign-backed terrorism, Syria is being exposed to, and the terrorist acts of targeting the state’s institutions, infrastructure, and different sectors uncover the truth of the schemes the West is trying to impose on the country, Speaker of the people’s Assembly (PA), Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham said on Sunday.
During a PA session held in the presence of the Cabinet members, Al-Lahham stressed that the Syrian leadership, army and people are steadfastly confronting the schemes aiming to undermine Syria and its effective role in the region, pointing out that this confrontation necessitates from all the Syrians to mobilize efforts to foil the conspiracy through working within the framework of the political program proposed by President Bashar Al-Assad in his speech on January 6th to solve the crisis in the country and build stronger, more developed, secure and stable Syria.
Al-Lahham underlined the PA’s contribution to prepare the suitable ground for national dialogue through direct contacts with citizens, civil society, social, religious and political bodies and with every national figure who can bring the Syrians closer to each others and encourage them to engage in the national dialogue which preserves Syria and gets it out of the ongoing crisis as soon as possible.
He urged the Syrian citizens, from all the spectrums of the Syrian society, to work together to confront terrorism and reactivate dialogue, because it is the only way to quit the crisis.
Al-Halqi: Government Keen to Meet Citizens’ Needs
For his part, Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi underscored that despite all difficulties, the government is going ahead with implementing its program and that it is keen to shoulder its responsibilities towards meeting citizens’ needs and restoring stability to the homeland, stressing that the Syrian army spares no effort in this respect.
Al-Halqi said the electricity sector has been the target of armed terrorist groups’ since the beginning of the crisis, causing a reduction in the ability to meet the needs for energy at 50-60%
The Premier pointed out that the economic siege imposed by the European Union, the United States and some Arab countries on Syria has negatively affected the performance of the health sector.
“The armed terrorist groups also attacked hospitals, health centers and clinics in different governorates, but still this sector continues to render important services to all citizens,” al-Halqi said.
He asserted that the foreign-backed armed terrorist groups target other sectors like those of services, education, agriculture, oil and trade “aiming to create a crisis between the government and citizens and to give the impression that the state is a failure.”
He stressed that the government continues to support imports, pointing out that the Syrian economy is balanced, diverse and strong enough to overcome conspiracies.
He reiterated that the government keeps contacts with political and social forces within the framework of implementing the political program to solve the crisis in Syria based on national dialogue.
H. Mustafa