New York-Sana
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Bashar Al-Jaafari affirmed that the terrorist war waged against Syria ten years ago was due to the failure of many Western projects in the region, which cost their owners billions of dollars, pointing out that Syria achieved a great victory, but the war did not end.
Al-Jaafari stressed in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV today that the closer Syria is to achieving a complete and decisive victory over terrorism, the hysteria of its enemies will increase. Pointing out that the decision of the Syrian leadership, the Syrian Arab Army and the Syrian people is not to remain an occupier on Syrian land, i.e. ending the Turkish occupation of parts in the north and northwest, and the US occupation of parts in the north and southeast, and working to restore the Syrian Golan from the Israeli occupation.
Successive US administrations use terrorist organizations as a means to achieve their agendas
Al-Jaafari stressed that successive US administrations use terrorist organizations as a means to achieve their agendas in Syria and Iraq and continue to exploit and manipulate the (ISIS) card until today, explaining that most of these administrations' positions were not objective about Syria. Our Foreign Policy We know the importance and weight of the United States in international politics, and we encourage an objective American policy toward Syria, the Palestinian cause, and the region in general.
Al-Jaafari pointed out that Syria considers the Palestinian cause its central issue, and it was and will remain an incubator of the Palestinian cause, and it always affirms its principled and firm position in support of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital, while ensuring the right of refugees to return to their homes in accordance with United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. 194 of the year 1948 as a right that does not fall under the statute of limitations and is not subject to negotiation or concession.
In response to a question about the existence of an openness in Arab relations with Syria, Al-Jaafari said: Yes, there is an Arab openness, even if it is not clearly declared, but there is an Arab openness. This was translated through the visit of the UAE Foreign Minister to Damascus and through other meetings we held in New York with a number of Arab foreign ministers On the sidelines of the General Assembly meetings, all of them were successful and positive, and everyone was positive in their view of the situation in Syria and the need for Arab-Arab relations to return to their normal state and to stop the unjust war against Syria.
Regarding Syria’s return to the Arab League and attendance at the upcoming summit in Algeria, Al-Jaafari said: What matters to Syria is the essence, meaning that there is a spirit of joint Arab national action and most Arab countries with Syria’s participation in the League’s meetings. As for those who work to obstruct Syria’s participation in the Algeria summit, they are a minority working According to the agendas of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some other countries orbiting the United States.