Syrian President Stresses Importance of Dialogue and Reforms, Clinton Demands Immediate Fall of Al-Assad

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President Bashar Al-Assad had a speech in the parliament in its first legislative session on Sunday.

A moment of silence prevailed at the beginning of the session, honoring the souls of the martyrs who fell during a year and a half of unrest.
Al-Assad stated that a year and a half after the unrest, things became clear and the masks fell off uncovering the true image of the conspiracy.


According to the Syrian President, the international role in what is taking place was exposed since decades; colonialism remains unchanged but its methods and faces are changing and the regional role exposed itself.

Since day one of the unrest, al-Assad noted it was crystal clear the political track will not lead to a solution, yet it was implemented because Syrians needed it.

He stressed that Syria insists on applying reforms and keeps its door open for dialogue with the opposition for the sake of the country and people's well-being.

At the end of his speech al-Assad stressed that Terrorism will not break the will of the Syrian people and Syria will ever remain the castle of dedication and it will recover and witness the defeat of its enemies.

Hours after Assad addressed Syria's parliament, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said during a press conference in the Swedish capital Stockholm, "Assad's departure does not have to be a precondition, but it should be an outcome" of any such political solution.

Clinton has also asked Russia to join international efforts to increase pressure on Assad.

Recalling the conversation between her and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, she said "My message to the foreign minister was very simple and straightforward," she said, adding, "We all have to intensify our efforts to achieve a political transition and Russia has to be at the table helping that to occur."

Moscow has been opposing calls for foreign intervention in the country, and has so far blocked two United Nations Security Council resolutions condemning Assad's government.

Source: News Agencies, edited by moqawama.org

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