Syrians Make Their Own Decisions: underscores al-Lahham

DAMASCUS, (ST) – Mohammad Jihad al-Lahham, Speaker of the People’s Assembly described what is going in Syria as the outcome of a deliberate political and military plan backed by armed takfiri groups funded by some media channels that spread sedition and hatred among religions.

“The armed terrorist groups were and are still shedding the blood of the Syrian people as a result of the fatawas that scholars are issuing every time,” said al-Lahham at the 6th plenary session of the Asian Parliamentary Assembly (APA) in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad.

Syria’s participation in APA is indeed a dire need to find a political solution in Syria by seeking diplomatic efforts and forming a diplomatic front that could confront terrorism which is led by regional and Western countries.

He added that The Syrian government had introduced several measures through a number of amendments, laws and legislations to reach a political solution in Syria backed by a full comprehensive national dialogue.

“Syria will participate in Geneva 2 conference without any preconditions, asserting that the political solution is considered as a must to solve the ongoing crisis in Syria,” underscored Lahham.

He also referred to the opposition that urged a military intervention to execute the foreign scheme.

“Syria is facing and exposing the armed terrorist groups for more than two years because of the countries that collect all takfiris from all over the world and facilitate their entry to wreak havoc in Syria. Those countries who funded terrorism could not be further from democracy, violating the human rights and the UN Security Council Resolution No. 1373,” indicated al-Lahham.

Syrians are the only one to decide their right in the future through dialogue and the ballot box, not the mercenaries who come from 83 countries to plant and breed terrorism in Syria, affirmed al-Lahham.

Stressing the importance of bolstering co-operation and co-ordination among Asian parliaments and the active role they will have in combatting terrorism.

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