Sunday, September 29, 2013

Assad says he could have stepped down if it helped his country (VIDEO Rai News 24 It).



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ROME, September 29 (Itar-Tass) - Syrian President Bashar Assad said he could have stepped down if it could help improve the situation in the country.
“If my quitting of my position would make the situation better, the answer would be very simply, without reluctance, yes,” he said in an interview with Italy’s Rai News 24 television channel on Sunday. “But there is the other question; would the situation be better? So, for me as president, so far, I have to be in my position because when you have a storm, you don't give up your position. You don't quit your position and leave your country in the middle of the storm. Your mission is to take your country to the shore, not to abandon the ship and the Syrian people.”

When asked if he planned to run for president in the 2014 elections, he said would take the decision before the elections. “If I feel that the Syrian people want me to be in that position, I will run. If not, I will not,” he said.

He also said he was confident his country would become better when the crisis was over. “I can say with confidence that we can make Syria much better than before the crisis,” he pledged. “The only thing that I can say now is one option that's left for us; which is to defend our country. So, first of all, we have to focus on getting rid of the terrorists, their terrorism and their ideology.”
http://www.itar-tass.com/c32/895416.html
29/9/13
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 VIDEO: Il direttore di Rainews24 Monica Maggioni intervista il presidente siriano Bashar al-Assad. E' la prima intervista del presidente siriano dopo la risoluzione del Consiglio di sicurezza dell'Onu sulle armi chimiche della Siria
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  1. La Syrie va se conformer à la résolution de l'ONU, affirme Bachar al-Assad...

    Le président Bachar al-Assad affirme que la Syrie va se conformer à la résolution du Conseil de sécurité des Nations-Unies appelant à la destruction, d'ici un an, de l'arsenal chimique syrien.

    Deux jours après l'adoption par l'ONU d'une résolution sur la Syrie, le président syrien Bachar al-Assad affirme que Damas va s'y conformer, selon ses propos rapportés dimanche par l'agence officielle Sana.

    Cette résolution, la première depuis le début du conflit, consiste en la destruction d'ici un an de la totalité des armes chimiques syriennes.

    "Bien sûr, nous allons la respecter et notre histoire prouve que nous avons toujours respecté notre signature sur tous les traités que nous avons signés", a-t-il déclaré au journaliste de la télévision italienne Raï 24 qui lui demandait si son pays se conformerait à la résolution 2118 de l'ONU.

    Il a estimé que "bien évidemment" son pays assurera l'aide et la protection aux experts de l'Organisation pour l'interdiction des armes chimiques (OIAC), dont une vingtaine doivent quitter lundi la Haye pour arriver mardi à Damas.

    Il a par ailleurs, jugé "positif" le rapprochement entre les Etats-Unis et l'Iran, son principal allié avec la Russie, amorcé lors de l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU à New York.

    "Si les Américains sont honnêtes dans leur rapprochement avec l'Iran, les résultats seront positifs en ce qui concerne la crise syrienne et toutes les crises dans la région", a-t-il dit.

    "Les Iraniens comme les Syriens n'ont pas confiance en les Américains (...) mais les Iraniens n'agissent pas avec naïveté dans leur rapprochement. C'est un pas bien étudié qui se base sur l'expérience des Iraniens avec les États-Unis depuis la révolution iranienne de 1979", a dit encore M. Assad.
    Attaque contre l'Europe

    M. Rohani, qui a été sous le feu des projecteurs à New York où il a assisté à l'Assemblée générale de l'ONU, s'est entretenu au téléphone avec le président américain juste avant son départ pour Téhéran vendredi.

    En revanche, le président Assad a dénié tout rôle à l'Europe dans la résolution de la crise syrienne, notamment dans le processus de la conférence de paix sur la Syrie, dite Genève 2.

    "Franchement, la plupart des pays européens n'ont pas la capacité de jouer un rôle dans Genève 2, car ils ne possèdent pas les atouts nécessaires pour réussir dans ce rôle", a-t-il souligné.

    "Ils ont adopté la politique américaine dans leur relations avec les différents pays (de la région) depuis la présidence de George Bush. Comment peut-on jouer un rôle si on manque de crédibilité", s'est-il interrogé.

    "Comment peuvent-ils parler d'aides humanitaires alors que l'Europe a imposé le pire embargo qu'a connu la Syrie depuis son indépendance" en 1946, a-t-il martelé.

    Concernant l'opposition, M. Assad a souligné que pour lui, "les hommes armés sont des terroristes". "N'importe quel parti politique peut assister à la conférence de Genève mais on ne peut pas par exemple parler avec des organisations liées à Al-Qaïda ou avec des terroristes. Nous ne pouvons pas négocier avec des gens qui demandent une intervention militaire en Syrie", a-t-il dit, faisant allusion à la Coalition nationale de l'opposition syrienne.

    En savoir plus sur http://www.lexpress.fr/actualite/monde/proche-orient/la-syrie-va-se-conformer-a-la-resolution-de-l-onu-affirme-bachar-al-assad_1286425.html#4BQtdUyttPlTLhz3.99
    29/9/13

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  2. Assad will sich an UN-Resolution halten....

    Syriens Präsident verspricht, die Auflagen der UN zur Vernichtung der Chemiewaffen einzuhalten. Inspekteure beschreiben, wie sie die Waffen genau zerstören wollen.

    Syriens Präsident Baschar al-Assad respektiert nach eigenen Worten die Resolution der Vereinten Nationen zur Zerstörung der Chemiewaffen seines Landes. "Wir sind dem internationalen Abkommen gegen den Erwerb und den Einsatz von Chemiewaffen bereits beigetreten, bevor diese Resolution verabschiedet wurde", sagte Assad dem italienischen Fernsehsender Rai24 auf die Frage, ob Syrien sich an den Beschluss des UN-Sicherheitsrats halten werde. Die Vergangenheit habe gezeigt, dass "wir uns immer an alle Abkommen gehalten haben, unter die wir unsere Unterschrift gesetzt haben", sagte Assad weiter.

    Der UN-Sicherheitsrat hatte sich in der Nacht zum Samstag einstimmig auf eine Resolution zur Beseitigung des syrischen C-Waffen-Arsenals geeinigt. Im Text wird der Einsatz von Chemiewaffen in Syrien verurteilt und betont, dass es sich dabei um eine Gefahr für den internationalen Frieden handelt. Sollte Syrien sich nicht an die Vorgaben der Resolution halten, werde der Rat "Maßnahmen unter Kapitel VII der UN-Charta verhängen". Das würde Militärschläge einschließen – allerdings müsste das Gremium dafür noch einmal zusammenkommen und das gesondert beschließen.

    An diesen Montag reisen etwa 20 Experten der Organisation für ein Verbot von Chemiewaffen (OPCW) nach Damaskus, am Dienstag sollen sie ihre Arbeit aufnehmen. Sie wollen bis Ende Oktober alle Einrichtungen für die Produktion sowie das Mischen und Füllen von C-Waffen und Munition besichtigen. Bis dahin muss das syrische Regime auch die Einzelheiten seines Chemiewaffenprogramms offenlegen. Die Experten wollen bis zum 1. November dafür sorgen, dass Syrien nicht mehr in der Lage ist, Chemiewaffen herzustellen. Die Inspekteure beschrieben auch, wie die Chemiewaffen genau zerstört werden sollen. Eine Möglichkeit sei dabei, die für die Herstellung solcher Waffen benötigte Ausrüstung mit Vorschlaghämmern zu zertrümmern.

    Bis zum 15. November legt der OVCW-Exekutivrat dann die Etappen für die Zerstörung der Chemiewaffen fest. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt dürfte nach Einschätzung von Experten auch klar sein, ob die syrische Führung tatsächlich mit den Inspektoren kooperiert. Bis Mitte 2014 sollen die Chemiewaffen zerstört sein. Das Ziel gilt als sehr ambitioniert. Vor allem die anhaltenden Kämpfe in Syrien dürften die Arbeiten erschweren. "Es wird Neuland betreten, da die OVCW erstmals in einem Krisengebiet verifizieren muss", sagte ein deutscher Diplomat am Rande der UN-Generaldebatte.

    Deutschland könnte zentrale Rolle bei C-Waffen-Vernichtung spielen.....http://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2013-09/un-inspektoren-syrien-chemiewaffen-vernichtung-assad
    29/9/13

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  3. Präsident Assad: Syrien wird C-Waffen-Bedingungen von UN-Sicherheitsrat erfüllen...

    Syrien wird laut Präsident Baschar al-Assad die vom UN-Sicherheitsrat gestellten Bedingungen für Chemiewaffen erfüllen, meldet Reuters am Sonntag.

    Assad sagte das in einem Interview für das italienische Fernsehen. Syriens Außenminister Walid al-Muallem äußerte auch am Sonntag die Bereitschaft der Regierung des Landes, die Bedingungen der Resolution, die die Vernichtung der syrischen chemischen Waffen vorsieht, zu erfüllen.

    Die Resolution, die die Regierung und die Opposition Syriens verpflichtet, den Plan zur Liquidierung der chemischen Waffen zu erfüllen, hatten die 15 Mitgliedsländer des UN-Sicherheitsrates einstimmig verabschiedet.

    In der Resolution wird betont, dass im Falle ihrer Nichterfüllung, darunter der illegalen Übergabe von Chemiewaffen und deren Anwendung in Syrien, egal durch welche Konfliktseite, Maßnahmen gemäß Kapitel VII der UN-Charta ergriffen würden. Dieses Kapitel sieht harte Maßnahmen, einschließlich militärischer Handlungen, für die Aufrechterhaltung von Frieden und Sicherheit vor.

    Die Resolution fordert von allen Staaten, nichtstaatlichen Subjekten keine Hilfe bei Produktion, Erwerb und Anwendung von chemischen Waffen zu leisten.

    Was die Lösung der Syrien-Krise anbelangt, die 2011 ausgebrochen war und bisher mehr als 100 000 Menschenleben gefordert hat, so ist in der Resolution der Aufruf enthalten, einen politischen Dialog zwischen den syrischen Behörden und der Opposition in die Wege zu leiten.
    http://de.rian.ru/security_and_military/20130929/266975695.html
    29/9/13

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  4. Syrian FM: backing ‘terrorists’ will not yield political solution...

    Al Arabiya
    Continuous support of “terrorists” by states which previously waged war against terrorism will not allow for a political solution to solve the Syrian conflict, Syria’s Foreign Minister, Walid al-Muallem, said Monday during the U.N. 68th General Assembly.

    “There will be no talk of a political solution as long as terrorists are being supported financially and militarily,” Muallem said.

    The minister highlighted that there were “countries who have waged war against terrorism,” but are currently “supporting terrorists” in Syria.

    “Free elections are the only way to find out what Syrians want,” Muallem said, adding “there is no civil war in Syria.”

    He described as a “joke” some countries support of opposition factors in Syria. He also stated that differentiating between “moderate and extremists fighters” was like hair-splitting.

    “I ask what you call those who capture children, sell their organs abroad or recruit children and train them militarily.”

    He said these “terrorists” eat human hearts, and dismember people while they are still alive, then send their limbs to family members.

    While the United States has shown its support to the opposition Free Syrian Army, it also expressed hesitance over giving fully-fledged military backing to all groups fighting the Assad regime. Washington is also fearful of radical Islamists being among the rebel army.

    Syria, meanwhile, came under imminent attack by Western powers last month, after images of hundreds of Syrians seemingly killed by chemical weapons surfaced.

    U.S. President Barack Obama called for a military strike but lost the support of his major ally, the UK, when the British parliament voted against military action against Syria.

    Muallem also claimed that Syrian “terrorists” are being supplied with chemical weapons, but he did not name specific nations accused of supplying them.

    In mid-September, Obama said he was willing to try for a diplomatic solution on the Syrian crisis, but warned that military strikes were still an option.
    http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/middle-east/2013/09/30/Syrian-FM-backing-terrorists-will-not-yield-political-solution-.html
    30/9/13

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  5. Syria does not intend to abandon the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights...

    Syria does not intend to back off from the Israeli-occupied territories in the Golan Heights, said the head of the Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Monday in New York.

    Walid Muallem stressed that Syria has the right to get back the Israeli occupied territories of Golan Heights according to the UN resolution of 4th June 1967.

    Israel’s efforts to change the natural, demographic and geographic characteristics of the occupied territories of the Golan Heights violate the resolutions of the UN Security Council, said Muallem.
    Read more: http://indian.ruvr.ru/news/2013_09_30/Syria-does-not-intend-to-abandon-the-Israeli-occupied-Golan-Heights-5524/
    30/9/13

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  6. Ex-IDF chief: Israel prefers that Assad stay in power....

    Dan Halutz also skeptical about the prospects of a peace agreement with the Palestinians in the near future.

    Israel would prefer that Bashar Assad hold onto the presidency in Syria, rather than leave a power vacuum that could be filled by Islamic radicals, according to former IDF chief of staff Dan Halutz.

    “The regime in Syria kills its citizens every day, but we must acknowledge that the opposition in Syria is composed of Muslim extremists like al-Qaeda,” he said at a fundraising event for Israel’s Tel Hashomer hospital in Moscow on Monday, according to the daily Maariv. “The question ‘what is better for Israel?’ is an important question because we must ask ourselves if we want to trade the bad regime we know for the very bad regime that we don’t know, and this is something that requires serious consideration.”

    “At the moment it looks like even in the rest of the world, they understand that they cannot replace the Assad regime as long as they don’t know who will take its place,” he added. “Right now it looks like the alternative is forces that will endanger the stability of the region.

    Officials and analysts have gone back and forth since the Syrian civil war began in March 2011 as to whether Israel prefers that Assad stay in power or that the rebels topple his regime. Much like Halutz, those who say Israel prefers Assad point out that while the despot has by no means been a friend to Israel, and his strong ties with Iran and Hezbollah are worrisome, there has not been a major altercation with Syria since the 1973 Yom Kippur War.

    Meanwhile, many feared that anarchy would ensue if Assad were to fall, and Muslim extremist groups such as al-Qaeda would be free to flourish and even rule the country, which would have left them in control of Syria’s considerable chemical weapons stockpile.

    However, since September, when it was revealed that Assad had used such weapons against civilians in his fight against the rebels, and the Syrian leader was forced to relinquish his chemical weapons program to avoid US military intervention, most have backed off from speculation as to whom Israel prefers will come out on top.

    Halutz, who served as IDF chief of staff from 2005 to 2007, also expressed skepticism on the prospects of a peace agreement with the Palestinians in the near future.

    “There is only one thing that is central for us,” he said. “To ensure the future of the State of Israel. Regarding this, security arrangements are the most important thing to the Israel government. On everything else, we can compromise, but not on the security of Israel.

    “I’m not optimistic on the possibility of coming to an agreement because I have a bit of experience with the Palestinians.”
    http://www.timesofisrael.com/ex-idf-chief-israel-prefers-that-assad-stay-in-power/
    11/12/13

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  7. Assad says Syria facing major extremist offensive...

    President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, which has been ravaged by conflict for almost three years, said Monday his country is being confronted by a major offensive by Islamist extremists.

    "The country is facing a takfiri ideology," Assad said, using a term for Sunni Muslim extremists.

    "This is terrorism without limits, an international scourge that could strike anywhere and anytime," he said, quoted by the official SANA news agency.

    Assad made the remarks while receiving what SANA said was a delegation of "academics, researchers and activists" from Australia who had came to express "solidarity" with his regime.

    Leading the delegates was Tim Anderson, a Sydney academic opposed to foreign intervention in Syria, according to SANA.

    The president also criticised Western leaders, who "behave with duplicity and act according to their selfish interests, without understanding the reality or nature" of the Syrian conflict.

    His government accuses Gulf Arab states, chiefly fierce regime opponent Saudi Arabia, of backing jihadists in a plot to destroy Syria.

    The United States, Britain and France are among several Western countries that have thrown their support behind moderate opposition factions seeking to oust the Assad regime.

    Syria's armed uprising began as a series of peaceful democracy protests 33 months ago but escalated into a full-blown civil war after Assad's regime launched a brutal crackdown on dissent.

    The conflict is estimated to have killed around 126,000 people and displaced millions more.
    http://www.france24.com/en/20131223-assad-says-syria-facing-major-extremist-offensive/
    23/12/13

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  8. Syrie: l'Occident ne comprend rien au conflit (Assad)...

    L'Occident ne comprend pas la nature de la crise en Syrie, tout en pratiquant une politique de "deux poids, deux mesures", a indiqué lundi le président syrien Bachar el-Assad, cité par l'agence SANA.

    "Le problème est que certains politiques en Occident pratiquent une politique de "deux poids, deux mesures" quand il s'agit des problèmes régionaux (…) sans comprendre la nature des événements en cours en Syrie et dans la région", a déclaré M.Assad, en recevant une délégation australienne conduite par le professeur Tim Anderson.

    Et d'ajouter que la Syrie faisait face à une offensive d'extrémistes musulmans de grande envergure, à "un terrorisme sans limite, à un fléau international qui pourrait frapper n'importe où et n'importe quand" et qui menaçait non seulement la Syrie et la région, mais le monde entier.

    La Syrie est ravagée depuis 33 mois par un conflit meurtrier entre le pouvoir et l'opposition armée qui a déjà fait, selon les Nations unies, plus de 100.000 morts. Les autorités déclarent faire face à des commandos bien armés et financés de l'extérieur.
    http://fr.ria.ru/world/20131223/200093750.html
    23/12/13

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