President al-Assad to Turkish delegation: People should pressure governments to stop supporting terrorism
Damascus, SANA
President Bashar al-Assad said combating terrorism needs, in parallel to battling with the Terrorists, having people pressure their governments to halt their support to those.
The President was addressing a Turkish delegation that included political, economic and party figures representing various Turkish parties and establishments during a meeting on Tuesday.
A real cooperation among countries is needed to fight the scourge of terrorism, along with work to battle against the takfiri mentality that feeds this scourge, President al-Assad added.
He viewed the Turkish delegation’s visit as an indicator that “real relations between countries are built by the people and not the governments.”
Governments, he said, may follow inward-looking and subversive policies that are not in the people’s interest.
This is what the Turkish government under Recep Tayyip Erdogan is doing, providing support to extremist and takfiri forces “to win the favor of his masters” through implementing their plots, President al-Assad said.
For their part, members of the Turkish delegation, headed by Dogu Perincek, leader of the Turkish Nationalist Land Party, said what Syria is achieving in terms of combating terrorism is the primary factor in warding off the dangers of the fragmentation projects targeting the region.
Syria, they added, has provided lessons in steadfastness to the whole region and the world through its army’s sacrifices and its people’s resilience and adherence to their land and unity.
The Turkish figures further stressed that the vast majority of the Turkish people still believe in the fraternal relationship with the Syrian people and are opposed to Erdogan’s involvement in backing terrorism in Syria that poses a threat to all.
Late last month, Turkish MP Nazmi Gur from the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) stressed that the refusal by MPs from the ruling Justice and Development Party of an investigation into the activity of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist organization proves the Turkish government’s support to ISIS and other al-Qaeda-linked organizations.
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AKP government is terrorist entity that seeks destruction of the region
Ankara, SANA
Secretary-General of the Turkish Nationalist Land Party (VP) Dogu Perincek said that the government of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) in Turkey is a terrorist organization that seeks the destruction of Syria, Iraq and the entire region.
In a statement at Istanbul Airport following a visit to Syria where he had met Syrian officials, on top, President Bashar al-Assad, Perincek said the US and its allies will lose the battle in Syria and the region, adding that territorial integrity of Syria is important like the territorial integrity of Turkey.
He said “it is astonishing to see a Turkish parliamentary delegation in Syria which visited the country to discuss means of fighting terrorists while the Turkish President visits Saudi Arabia to discuss means of supporting terrorism in Syria, Iraq and the region.
He described as “great, honest and friendly” his meeting with President al-Assad, warning that Turkish president Recep Tayyib Erdogan and his Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu are seeking destruction the secular republic of turkey as well.
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