President Al-Assad’s Interview with Czech TV Captures Interest of Czech Media

PRAGUE, (ST)-President Bashar Al-Assad’s interview with the Czech TV, aired on Tuesday, has captured the interest of the Czech media.  Main focus was on the President’s saying that “peace will prevail in Syria after foreign support for the terrorists in the country stops” and that “Syria is fighting terrorists not opposition”.

Following the interview, the Czech TV dedicated a 90-minute program to discuss the content of the interview and highlight the crisis in Syria. Guests of the program included several MPs, head of the International Section at the Czech TV (Michael Kobal), who conducted the interview, in addition to many journalists.

 Kobal said “President Al-Assad was so kind and open contrary to the image made to him in West.”

“The people who are fighting terrorism in Syria see in President Al-Assad a guarantee for stability and diversity in the country, Kobal added, pointing out that President Al-Assad represents the only force which is able to confront the terrorists of the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIL or Deash).

Other guests of the program said that the West has begun to reconsider its anti-Assad stances, stressing that President Al-Assad enjoys a strong personality and no one can now replace him so it is necessary to cooperate with him in counterterrorism. They hailed President Al-Assad’s role in preserving the secular character of the Syrian state and highly appreciated the effective Russian military participation in the fight against terrorism in Syria.

During the Interview, President Al-Assad stressed that defeating terrorism will eliminate all the obstacles hindering any political process and that no country in the world can fight terrorism while directly supporting terrorists.

H.E. the president affirmed that the first step that should be taken to defeat terrorist organizations in Syria is halting the arms convoys and money being supplied to the terrorists and stopping the flow of the Saudi and Qatari-backed terrorists who enter Syria mainly across the Turkish borders.

He pointed out that “Russia backs the Syrian government because it is supports international law and stability in the region and the entire world, whereas the United States seeks dominating the world and never tolerates any country to say no to its dictates.”

Hamda Mustafa