Ahmadinejad: No one can decide on behalf of Syrian nation
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Tehran, Oct 4, IRNA -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said here Wednesday ending Syrian crisis basically is possible thru national understanding, adding, “No one can decide on behalf of Syrian nation; we must all try to provide for national understanding and free elections there.
According to the IRNA Wednesday night news service, President Ahmadinejad made the remark in an interview with Qatar’s Al-Jazeera news TV on the sidelines of his recent New York visit, in which he elaborated on the difference observed in the tone and contents of his UN General Assembly address this year with those of the previous seven years, arguing, “This year’s address was the sum up of my previous years’ lectures with a glance at the prevailing realities.”
The president reiterated, “Throughout the previous years the collection of my addresses at the UN General Assembly were on justice, human prestige, freedom, negation of occupation, unilateralism, and need for respecting equal rights for entire world nations.”
He added, “This time, too, the context of my address was in the same framework, and only instead of elaborating on the problems with the ruling system over the world, the apparatus and method of replacing it with the new world order was discussed.”
Ahmadinejad said, “This year’s address was not contextually different with those of the previous years, but its framework was inclined towards the new world order and the things to be done to lead to the establishment of that order.”
Regarding the threats made by the racist Zionist regime against Iran, the president reiterated, “Today one of the major problems with the current world order is that some regimes permit themselves to threaten the other independent nations, and this point was included in my this year address at the UN General Assembly.”
Emphasizing that the Islamic Republic of Iran basically does not consider as serious talk the Zionist regime’s threats, Ahmadinejad reiterated, “The Zionists see the end of their days near at hand and that is the reason why they try to create crises hoping to find a way to save themselves, but today some American officials have come up with the conclusion that the world is in need of reforms and the Zionist regime’s hands must be kept fast tied by the American administration.”
The president pointed out that the Iranian officials believe the current world order cannot continue, adding, “Can anyone claim that this world order is sustainable? Of course the meaning of what I say is not that the oppressors would be overthrown tomorrow; I rather mean the end of a historical era is near at hand and a new era is going to begin, in which the current oppressors would no longer be able to influence the global equations.”
Ahmadinejad added, “Although there was no need to refer to the Zionist regime’s threats independently during the UN address, but I condemned occupation, threatening the independent nations, aggression, and unilateralism in my entire addresses.”
In response to a question on the possible future of the Syrian crisis, the IRI president reiterated, “The3 Syrian developments are quite significant events which have become very complicated due to the role playing of various factors. I have many times expressed my viewpoints regarding the need for respecting the prestige of the entire nations, justice and freedom for choosing, and I believe Syria, too, like the other countries in the world is in need of reforms.”
Ahmadinejad said, “My argument is over the method of applying the reforms and we believe war and armed engagements are not appropriate ways for solving the existing problems in Syria.”
The president pointed out that he personally believes it is not possible to remain indifferent about the human beings, emphasizing, “When I wrote to the former US president I did it merely as a kind move, because I had thought maybe this move would attract his attention towards the realities and that it would open his eyes towards new horizons. Now I have the same idea regarding Syria and getting killed of any human being at any side of the engagements deeply saddens me.”
Ahmadinejad noted that there are currently two viewpoints regarding the Syrian problems, arguing, “Some people believe that the problems should be solved resorting to war and in this line they encourage the opponents of the government; although these people might achieve success in the short run, but in the long run they would achieve the reverse effect, because achieving power by war waging is not possible in any place, particularly in Syria, where the tribal system is ruling and this method would be quite perilous for the future of that country.”
The president focusing on the second way out of the Syrian crisis spoke about national understanding, adding, “I believe this way is to the benefit of Syria today and tomorrow; no one can decide on behalf of the Syrian nation, but we are obliged today to spend efforts aimed at providing the path for national understanding and holding free and fair elections in that country.”
In response to a question on stepping down of Bashar Assad from power in Syria, Ahmadinejad reiterated, “Do you suppose that Assad asks for permission from Iran for doing what he does? Such talks do not solve any problem. We must all do our best for achieving national understanding and holding quite free elections in Syria and to urge the engaged sides to accept this solution, because I believe this is both a logical and an Islamic way.”
Ahmadinejad said, “Iran and Syria have had historical ties and have broad cooperation in economic and other comprehensive fields; but if anyone thinks that Iran decides over the fate of Syria, they are definitely wrong, because such a thing is absolutely impractical.”
The IRI president added, “unfortunately some people are after taking personal revenge in Syria with each other, and particularly after taking revenge from Iran, but we have always announced our stands clearly and openly regarding the regional developments and those in Syria, in Tunisia, in Egypt, in Libya, and in the other countries.”
Ahmadinejad said, “Iran was not agreed with military interference in Libya and I wish an independent group comprised of Islamic countries would have been established and managed the developments in Libya so that so many people would not have got killed in that country and so much destroying of infrastructure facilities would not have occurred there; contributing to solving disputes and to the establishment of righteousness and justice among the Muslims is the strict order of the dear Prophet of Islam (P), which has unfortunately been mainly ignored.”
In response to the question “Is Iran rally not assisting the present Syrian government?” The president replied, “Do you really think Syria does not have friends to rush to assist it before Iran would do so?”
Ahmadinejad said, “If problems similar to what exists in Syria would occur in countries such as Qatar, Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, or other countries, would war be proposed as the way to solve those crises?”
He added, “Armed engagements inside the Islamic countries is not to the benefit of the Muslims, but only the enemies of the Islamic Ummah would be happy seeing such situations.”
The president clearly responded to the Al-Jazeera correspondent’s claim, who said that the Syrian people are suspicious and distrustful about the Islamic Republic’s stands in Syria, saying, “I love the entire Syrian nation and Iran, in addition to its historical and intimate relations with Syria, and I, not only as the head of government and the official spokesman of the Islamic Republic’s stands, declare that Iran is only after harbingering national understanding in Syria.”
Ahmadinejad emphasized, “I would never align with the supporters of waging war in Syria; today’s conditions would pass and the future generations would analyze Iran’s relations and performance regarding Syria. We believe we must also respond to God regarding our stands on Syria.”
The reporter said that the King of Qatar has asked for dispatching an Arabic military force to Syria commissioned to end the armed engagements, if this would take place would Iran harmonize with the move?
Ahmadinejad said, “There are other countries that have been waiting for the presence of joint military force of the Arabs for 60 years; why are they not assisted?”
He reiterated, “Beyond doubt Iran would never support waging war, considering the way to achieve justice in negating armed engagements and halting the massacre of the people, believing that justice cannot be achieved amid bloodshed.”
Ahmadinejad reiterated, “If the Arab countries are supposed to interfere in the matter this way, we would have no entry to the initiative; although I am an Iranian, but before that I am a Muslim and a human being, and I believe getting killed of even one person aimed at solving the Syrian problems is unjustifiable.”
The president said, “If the entire countries’ efforts would be focused on harbingering national understanding in Syria there would be no longer need to spending the oil money for buying weapons and killing the Muslim brethren there; suppose the Syrian government was ousted, would that mark the end of the problems there? No! Answering before God’s altar of power would remain.”
Ahmadinejad reiterated, “If there would be general agreement that the engaged parties in Syria should be brought to the negotiation table, then it would be possible to propose political solutions so that if one side would refrain from accepting such solutions we would urge it to yield to negotiations; war waging is easy but peacemaking is a tough job, but wars, even the defense wars and not the invasion, should be the last possible solution.”
In response to the possibility of evolutions in Iran-Egypt relations, the president said, “Iran and Egypt are two great nations and the centers of historical developments, which have had brotherly relations as of a remote historical point. They are two great assets for the regional countries, which side by side of each other, if possible, can serve the interests of both their own countries and the entire regional nations, several folds greater.”
Ahmadinejad said, “Just imagine that Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and the rest of the regional countries would stand firm side by side of each other. What would happen then? Would anybody dare to invade the regional countries any longer?”
The president reiterated, “The two governments of Iran and Egypt cannot keep on existing separate from one another and they would not remain so in the future, and I am sure beyond the political frameworks, they would be side by side of each other with much closer relations.”
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