DAMASCUS - Members of the Russian academic and media delegation visiting Syria stressed the support of the Russian leadership and people to Syria in the face of the crisis.
Meeting Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad, the delegation members expressed confidence in Syria's ability to get out of the crisis thanks to its people's rallying around its leadership and their support for real reforms taking place in the country.
The members said that after inspecting the reality of the events in Syria, they will convey these facts to the Russian people, calling for increasing visits of foreign delegation to Syria to expose the reality and convey it to the outside world away from misdirection and instigation led by some Arab and western media.
They said that they witnessed the positive political, economic and constitutional changes taking place in the country, stressing dialogue as the only way out of the crisis.
The meeting focused on the situation in Syria, the US and western attack it faces, and Russia's role in support of Syria against the conspiracy.
Mikdad said that the attack against Syria aims at implementing Israeli policies because of Syria's stances in support of the Palestinian cause and its resistant role to liberate the occupied Arab lands.
He stressed that the comprehensive national dialogue is the only way to come out of the crisis.
Mikdad said that Syria's people and leadership appreciate Russia's support to Syria in international forums and its policy which isbased on the UN charter, international law and humanitarian law, hailing the role of China and developing countries.
He briefed the delegation on the events in Syria that have been taking place since one year and two months, indicating to the reforms carried out in political, economic and social life.
Mikdad said that "every reform step taken in Syria was confronted with more escalation in violence and terrorism which indicates that what has happened was plotted by the US and western intelligence, in cooperation with some Arab countries which announced their support to terrorism and bloodshed in Syria.
He added that Syria provided unprecedented facilitations to the UN observer mission to Syria and the plan of the UN Envoy, Kofi Annan, stressing its commitment to the relevant international resolutions as it wants this mission to be neutral and objective in revealing the truth.
Mikdad said that the army, law-enforcement members and civilians are the ones who suffer from the terrorist operations, the last of which are the twin terrorist bombings that took place in al-Qazzaz region in Damascus, claiming the lives of dozens and injured hundreds of children, elderly people and students who were on their way to their schools and universities unlike what was alleged by Artab and western media which serve foreign agendas.
He indicated to the strategic Syrian-Russian relations, which are based on the interests of the people of the two countries, and aspirations to enhance them in the political, economic, military and social domains.
Fakoush Appreciates Russian stance toward crisis in Syria
Member of the Regional Leadership of al-Baath Arab socialist Party Shahnaz Fakoush appreciated the Russian stance towards Syria and its strategic vision of the current events as well as its backing to the national dialogue and the comprehensive reform program in the country.
Meeting members of the Russian delegation, Fakoush briefed them on the crimes of the armed terrorist groups in Syria, backed by the US, western countries and their tools in the region.
For their part, the Russian journalists expressed their solidarity with Syrian in the face of the conspiracy, underlining that they will convey what they really saw in Syria to the Russian and world public opinion.
Later, the delegation visited the sites of al-Qazza twin blasts and al-Jamarek, inspecting the volume of destruction and damages because of the explosions. They condemned the terrorist acts Syria is exposed to, saying that these acts are unaccepted violation of the human rights and international laws.
© SANA (Syria Arab News Agency) 2012
