Assad: Peace will return when the West stop "supporting the terrorists"

Assad: Peace will return when the West stop "supporting the terrorists"

 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said peace would return to his country when the West and Saudi Arabia have stopped "supporting terrorists" and welcomed the military intervention of Russia, during ' an interview broadcast Tuesday by Czech Television.

To bring peace, he said, it is necessary that several countries "France, Britain, the US, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and some other stop supporting terrorists. The next day, the situation is already better and in a few months we will have complete peace in Syria. "
Several Western countries consider the Syrian president as responsible for the outbreak of civil war that left at least 250,000 dead in four years and driven millions of people to emigrate. They want his departure. But the need to combat Islamic State Group (EI), after the attacks of 13 November in Paris, and to involve Russia, which supports the regime in Damascus, currently relegated to second place this requirement.
In his interview given to the Czech public television on November 29 in Damascus, said Assad is skeptical about the possibility to establish a broad coalition against terrorism.
"Why have they not learned from Charlie-Hebdo? (...) You can not fight terrorism while you are directly supporting terrorists with weapons and have an alliance with the largest sponsor of terrorism in the world what the Saudi monarchy, "he asserts.
The France does "nothing serious, while the Russians are very serious in the fight against terrorism and there is cooperation between them and the Syrian army," he has said elsewhere.
Asked to comment on the destruction of a Russian plane by the Turkish Air Force, Mr. Assad said that (Turkish President Recep Tayyip) Erdogan "had lost his temper because the Russian intervention changed the balance of forces field".
"The failure of Erdogan in Syria, the failure of his terrorist group, his political end brand," he added.
Asked about the possibility of terrorists entering Europe hidden among the Syrian refugees, Assad said that infiltration "took place, of course," but it was difficult to estimate their numbers. "But that's the reality. And I think you can do on photos or videos on the Internet evidence that some, who killed and beheaded some of the people here, left for Europe as peaceful citizens. "
Europe, he said, failed to integrate immigrants from different cultural backgrounds, while "Wahhabi institutions" have financed activities to "distort the interpretation of Islam."
"In fact, this region (the Middle East, ed) had exported some extremism to Europe, our crisis is Europe that exports towards extremism at home."
Asked about the values ​​it wishes to protect, he cited "secularism" and "moderation", referring to the coexistence of different ethnic and religious groups in Syria.
As for his image in the West, he said she was improving shyly.
"In 2005, I was the killer. In 2008 and after, I was the peacemaker, and then in 2011 I became the vulture. Now there is a positive change, kind of shy, not explicit, "he has said.
Finally, the Syrian president, who was re-elected in 2014, said he would not resign "in the midst of war." But one day, "when there is an election, the Syrians will decide if they want me. If they want me, I'll be happy to be president. If they do not want, I'll be happy to leave. I have no problem, "he said.