ROME, (ST)- The Syrian and Russian communities in Italy as well as the European Solidarity Front for Syria and other organizations yesterday staged a sit-in in front of the Turkish Embassy in Rome protesting Recepe Tayyib Erdogan’s support for the terrorist organizations in Syria.
The participants raised the Syrian, Russian and Italian flags and extended their greetings to President Bashar Al-Assad and the Russian President Vladimir Putin for their efforts to fight the terrorism which has been supported by the U.S, by European countries and by some agent Arab regimes to destroy Syria.
Protestors condemned the support being provided by the Turkish regime led by Erdogan to the terrorist organizations in Syria and slammed the Turkish aggressive act of downing the Russian jet fighter SU-24 in Syria.
Representatives of the Syrian community said in a statement that global terrorism is run by the Saudi regime which was behind the September 11th terrorist attacks in New York. They affirmed that Qatar and Turkey are providing all forms of support for the terrorists in Syria.
Participants in the sit in urged governments of Western countries to coordinate with the Syrian government over efforts to eliminate terrorism before it spreads in the West.
At the end of the event, the participants signed a memorandum of solidarity with the Syrian and Russian governments and peoples in the confrontation of terrorism. They hailed cooperation between the Russian air force and the Syrian Arab Army in the battle against terrorists.
Hamda Mustafa