"Unfortunately all our partners have failed up to now to identify a serious opposition that has no links to terror, no links with extremist organizations, no links with ISIL, Al Qaeda and others," he said, adding that that was why it was that important to save Syria. "It’s important to save Syria’s integrity, territorial and political integrity, not to let the whole region, including the countries that are bordering with Syria, to go into a nightmare of collapse and hegemony of terror," he said.
When Stephen Sackur, the Hardtalk host, said Russia was trying to back up the Assad regime in Syria, Peskov said, "No it is not. It is an attempt to save Syria from terrorists and extremist organisations."
- There is hope that Syrian army will save its soil from terrorists
According to Peskov, there's slight hope that the Syrian army will manage to save their soil from terrorist and extremist groups.
"The American-led coalition has been doing their bombing for more than a year, the result, and I’m not debating about the result, I am just witnessing the result, is that the majority, two-thirds of Syrian territory is occupied by ISIL. And unfortunately the situation tends to be more grave," Peskov said.
- He explained that the ineffectiveness of the US-led coalition was the reason why the Russian armed forces started supporting the government forces in Damascus.
"It is a little bit early to speak about concrete results but we see the first signs of successful offensive by Syrian army and thus a slight hope that they will manage to save metre after metre, kilometre after kilometre their soil from terrorist and extremist gangs," Peskov said.
The full interview will be aired on Monday.
[tass.ru]
23/10/15
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Syrie: l'opposition rejette une aide de Moscou et de nouvelles élections ...
ReplyDeleteL'opposition syrienne soutenue par l'Occident a rejeté samedi une proposition d'aide de Moscou pour l'aider à lutter contre le groupe djihadiste Etat islamique (EI), ainsi qu'un appel de la Russie en faveur de la tenue d'élections.
"La Russie bombarde l'Armée syrienne libre (ASL) et maintenant elle veut coopérer avec nous, tout en restant engagée avec (le président Bachar al-) Assad ? Nous n'y comprenons rien!", a indiqué le lieutenant-colonel Ahmad Saoud, porte-parole de la division 13 de l'ASL, un groupe soutenu par les pays occidentaux qui combat les forces du régime mais aussi l'EI.
Les véritables cibles
Moscou a débuté une campagne de raids aériens en Syrie le 30 septembre, disant vouloir viser l'EI et d'autres groupes "terroristes".
Mais les rebelles modérés et islamistes affirment qu'ils sont les véritables cibles de la Russie, et que les raids visent surtout à maintenir le président Bachar al-Assad au pouvoir plutôt que de lutter contre les jihadistes.......rtbf.be
24/10/15
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is willing to hold elections, according to a Russian lawmaker currently visiting Syria...
ReplyDeleteCommunist deputy Alexander Yushchenko told official news agency TASS that Assad, who has fought a four-year civil war that has killed more than 250,000 Syrians, is “absolutely confident of his electoral potential” in a presidential race.
Yushchenko is among a number of Russian parliamentarians visiting Syria on a humanitarian mission.
He said Assad was willing to hold a parliamentary election and discuss constitutional reform in Syria. The lawmaker said Assad also said he was willing to hold a presidential poll “after the victory over terrorism on the territory of Syria and the country’s liberation”, according to TASS.
Assad reportedly said the “struggle against terrorism” would form the basis of a “new and fair world based on sovereignty and cooperation”.
Yushchenko added: “We expressed the position that a deep constitutional reform should come from Damascus and not from Washington or Ankara.”
Another delegate, Communist lawmaker Sergei Gavrilov, told TASS that Assad had said he was ready “for parliamentary elections with the participation of responsible patriotic opposition forces and amendment of the Constitution and, if necessary, for general presidential elections.”............http://www.aa.com.tr/en/guncel/russian-lawmakers-say-assad-ready-to-hold-elections/455777