Terrorist Groups Used Chemical Weapons to Bring in Foreign Intervention: Jaafari

NEWYORK ,(ST)_ Syria’s permanent representative to the UN Dr. Bashar Jaafari,  stressed that everything that is happening in the region is  entitled “Israel’s interest” , all who are  involved in the aggression on Syria  only serve  “the Israeli interest” and that much of the data confirms  that chemical weapons were used by  armed terrorist groups in order  to bring in outside military intervention and aggression on Syria.

Interviewed by the Syrian al-Ikhbaria TV  last night al-Jaafari disclosed  Saudi attempts   at the UN General Assembly   to pass  a draft resolution against Syria , with  a series of secret meetings Saudi Arabia held  with representatives of the US, France, Britain, Jordan, Morocco, Turkey, Germany and some other countries to adopt a draft resolution on chemical weapons specifically,  prior to  the results of the delegation of UN  investigators ,  that holds the Syrian government  responsible in advance, according to statements made  by the Saudi ambassador himself in some secret meetings “to push  opportunities for the use of military force against Syria,  ahead.”

Jaafari stressed that this  Saudi move indicates the immersion  of Saudi  decision-makers in  escalating  the crisis in Syria and in pushing  things toward more confrontation and to enhance the  possibilities  of  using  the aggressive  military solution against Syria.

“The course of events at the UN is focused on availing  the investigators to complete their  mission in cooperation with the Syrian government,  on the basis of a memorandum of understanding signed between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates and the UNGA.” Jaafari said . 

He regretted  how the three permanent members states at the UN  deal positively with the report of the UN  investigators while they are involved in providing   qualitative and quantitative weapons to armed groups, including chemicals. 

He indicated that jamming  on the UN investigators was greatly intensified when the  Syrian government started  understanding with the UN  General Secretariat , wondering what  is the Syrian government interest in using  chemical weapons at a time when UN investigators  are in Damascus.

”  Westerners do not want to know who used  chemical weapons,”  Jaafari said noting  the existence of a lot of data proving   the Syrian government  not guilty and holding the armed groups accountable for the use of chemical weapons in order to bring in outside military intervention and aggression on Syria. 

Syrian-Russian cooperation at the UN is Close 

Jaafari  explained that Syrian –Russian cooperation at the UN is close and that Russia  understands the situation very well and provided a lot of assistance throughout the crisis, as well as China, pointing a global vigilance and growing awareness and understanding among many UN members to  that everything is being plotted against Syria falls in the  political agenda to undermine its stability ,  change of its rule  and placing it by  force into the regional instability to eliminate  the Palestinian cause in the service of Israeli interests ,  stressing that all what is happening in the region  is entitled to serve  “Israel’s interest.”

He also  noted many  regional groups at the UN that  become resentful of Western policies and the behavior of some Arabs toward Syria and  that many Western ambassadors reached the conviction that Western policies are not principled and their vision is  blurry and unethical. 

Victories of the Syrian Army scared who bet on what they call a re-balance of power between the government and terrorist groups 

Jaafari said  that the victories achieved by the Syrian Army on the ground greatly  scared those who are betting on what they call a rebalancing of powers between the Syrian government and the armed terrorist groups so they had to use the file of  the chemical weapons , being a very sensitive subject. 

He continued  that the Western countries and the Turkish government grossly violate the UN Security  Council resolution on preventing terrorists from acquiring  mass destruction weapons ,  by allowing the armed terrorist groups in Turkey  to establish a laboratory for the manufacture of chemical weapons  with Turkish ,Saudi Arabia and Qatari materials , to sneak  the Turkish-Syrian border and the introduction and use  of this  chemical weapon in  Syria .

 On the Western threat to launch a military aggression against Syria, al-Jaafari  noted that the aim of what has been  promoted in the media on the preparations for  the aggression is  a sort of political pressure on Damascus to get concessions,  noting that ” this type of western Hollywood movie  is intended to raise  intimidation and  is, in deed  a form of media terrorism.” 

Jaafari noted  two possibilities that this scenario  aims to dramatize and get concessions and another scenario saying that  armies chiefs of staff met in Amman and approved secret decisions ,  noting what was stated by the  Jordanian Foreign Minister  when he said that the meeting was  planned in advance. ”  This is to throw dust in the eyes, even if  the meeting  was innocent , a final statement would have been  declared” Jaafari underscored.

” We are trying our best to convince our brothers in Jordan that their interest at least lies in  self distancing from getting involved in the quagmire which some are trying to create  in the region and damage  Syrian-Jordanian interests”,  Jaafari added ,  referring to the list signed by hundreds of  Jordanian intellectuals and politicians against any involvement of the Jordanian government in any aggression on Syria, because this  adventure only serves Israel 

Everyone involved  in the aggression on Syria only serves the Israeli interest 

Jaafari reiterated  that everyone involved  in the aggression on Syria , only serves Israeli interests , noting ”  from this point I want to focus on that  the issue of counter-terrorism  was first debated at the UN by  Syrian diplomacy when we launched the first initiative to convene an international  conference aimed to define terrorism and distinguish between  it and  the right of peoples to resist foreign occupation and the initiative was rejected  by the  West and decisions taken on the fight against terrorism had become a dead letter and many  UN Member States do not apply  them in the case of Syria.

He wondered how Saudi Arabia  opened a center for counter-terrorism at the UN  in New York, and is  a sponsor to combat terrorism while it  is engaged in it in  Syria and in  more than one place through the promotion of Wahhabi , Salafi and  takfiri fundamentalist movements  and how Turkey can be a sponsor of the so-called Alliance of Civilizations  with Qatar and the two countries are engaged in the  shedding of the Syrian blood.

“The situation is very complicated, but we are not alone in the arena. We have many friends who understand what is taking place  on the ground and the battle now  is not only Syria.” Jaafari said.

T. Fateh