Miqdad sends a message to many of his counterparts and to the United Nations regarding the recent general amnesty: It reflects efforts to consolidate reconciliation and tolerance

Damascus-SANA

Dr. Faisal Al-Miqdad, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, sent a letter to many foreign ministers in the brotherly Arab countries and countries of the world and to the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council regarding Legislative Decree No. 7 issued by President Bashar al-Assad on April 30, 2022 granting a general amnesty for terrorist crimes committed by the Syrians before this date.

During his message, which SANA received a copy of today, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates set a picture of the important developments in Syria, which fall within the framework of the measures taken by the Syrian state for years in the field of achieving national reconciliation, the return of the displaced and refugees to their homeland and their homes, and the reintegration of all Syrian citizens into their local communities. and restoring and consolidating security and stability in Syria.

In this context, the Minister of Foreign Affairs stressed that Amnesty Decree No. 7 is different from previous amnesty decrees and is exceptional in its legal, social and political nature. It reflects an advanced stage and a fundamental turning point in the framework of the Syrian state's ongoing efforts, which reflects its will to consolidate concepts of reconciliation and tolerance in a sustainable manner.

Minister Miqdad’s message included a detailed explanation of the measures that all the competent Syrian authorities took immediately in the framework of implementing the provisions of this decree, as he confirmed that the Ministry of Justice and the competent legal and judicial authorities in Syria have begun implementing the content of the amnesty decree in all parts of the country, and Syrians inside and outside the country benefit from it, who apply They are subject to the provisions of this Legislative Decree, including those who were arrested and were released, or those against whom there were existing lawsuits and were not arrested, or those against whom there are research and prosecution radio stations.

In the letter, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stressed that the competent judicial and legal authorities in the Syrian Arab Republic immediately began, in implementation of the provisions of the decree, to cancel and cancel all warrants of prosecution, search, arrest, summons in absentia, judgment notes and judgments in absentia issued against any Syrian citizen inside and outside Syria, with immediate effect and without the need to review any party. Judicial, security or legal.

Minister Miqdad explained to his counterparts in the Arab countries and the world that Amnesty Decree No. 7 included Syrian citizens exclusively and excluded foreign terrorists, based on the Syrian state’s commitment to maintaining regional and international peace and security and its keenness not to re-export these foreign terrorists to other countries and to ensure the restoration of the concerned countries to their citizens and residents its territory from these foreign terrorists, their dependents and members of their families.

The letter included a reminder of the previous amnesty decrees issued by President al-Assad since 2011 until today, which amounted to twenty general amnesty decrees that benefited tens of thousands of Syrian citizens inside and outside the country, as detainees were released from the Terrorism Court after the lawsuits against them were dropped.

Thousands of Syrians have also been involved in the settlement and national reconciliation processes in the various Syrian governorates and have returned to their normal lives and to their homes and work after canceling all judicial and legal precautionary or punitive measures that were issued against them.

Minister Miqdad also indicated in the letter that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates had requested all Syrian diplomatic and consular missions abroad to receive all Syrian expatriate citizens wishing to benefit from all general amnesty decrees, including the recent amnesty decree on terrorist crimes.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates explained to his counterparts the artificial obstacles that still stand in the way of Syria in the areas of achieving economic and social stability, foremost among which is the illegal foreign military presence of the Turkish and American forces and the forces of the so-called “international coalition” and the control of the separatist militias affiliated with the United States of America over oil and gas fields and agricultural lands The task that constitutes the basic food reservoir for the Syrian people, as well as the destructive unilateral coercive measures imposed on the Syrian people, which impede the launch of the early recovery process, the revival of the Syrian economy, and the return of refugees and displaced persons to their areas.

At the conclusion of his message, Dr. Faisal Al-Miqdad called on the United Nations and the countries of the world to study what is being achieved in Syria in a deep and balanced way and to cooperate with the Syrian state and support its efforts in developing a positive, constructive and productive political approach in dealing with the situation in Syria, stressing that the moment has become decisive for direct action. In a responsible, serious and impartial manner with the Syrian government, and free from any politicized considerations that do not take into account the Syrian national interest and prospects for achieving security, stability and well-being for the Syrian people and efforts to combat terrorism.