Turkey Flagrantly Violated International Laws by Facilitating Terrorists’ Entry to Kasab: Al-Zou’bi

DAMASCUS, (ST)- By facilitating and covering the organized entry of armed terrorist groups to the Syrian town of Kasab in Lattakia countryside, the Turkish government has flagrantly violated international laws, particularly Law No. 1373,  which convicts all forms of terrorist acts, Information  Minister Omran al-Zou’bi stressed yesterday.

Interviewed by the Syrian TV, al-Zou’bi said the aggressive behavior of the Turkish government under Recepe Tayyib Erdogan was a further evidence of Erdogan’s involvement in international terrorism being practiced in Syria and was practiced before in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt.

“Almost all the terrorists who entered the northern countryside of Lattakia weren’t opposition or even Syrians. They were a group of well-armed and trained strangers coming from Chechnya, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia and Libya with specific goals, but these goals were destined to failure thanks to the steadfastness of the Syrian Arab Army, and national defense forces,” the minister clarified.

Brahimi should be neutral

On Geneva2 Conference, the minister affirmed that nobody can blame Syria for the failure of the conference, because the Syrian state, from the very beginning of the war on the country, unconditionally called for a political track that leads to a peaceful political solution based on national dialogue and on respecting the state’s national principles and sovereignty, but this Syrian stance was rejected by the so-called “opposition coalition” and its sponsors.

Al-Zou’bi urged the UN Syria Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to be neutral and honest so as to bring the view points of the two sides of talks closer on best ways to attain a peaceful solution.

He said some Arab regimes like those in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and the rest of the countries supporting terrorism have gone too far in committing crimes against Arabism, Islam and against the Syrian state and people; crimes that have negative impacts not only on Syria, but on their own countries and the world in general.

Border control

Al-Zou’bi also urged the Jordanian government to realize that “those terrorists, who are getting training on the Jordanian land, will pose a serious threat to the security of Jordan and its people.” He called on the government in Jordan to directly contribute to controlling the borders in coordination with the Syrian authorities.

Concerning the recent “Arab Summit” in Kuwait, al-Zou’bi said the meeting wasn’t up to the level of Arab summits and people in the Arab world didn’t expect this meeting to produce any results that serve their causes.

Elections should be held on time

Regarding the general elections law, the minister said “the law was achieved according to national and international legal standards. It goes in harmony with the constitution of the Syrian Arab Republic and will organize the coming presidential elections.”

“Elections should be held on the time set for them,” stressed al-Zou’bi, pointing out that security circumstances won’t prevent elections from being held.

H. Mustafa