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23 May 2009 Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday that the
collapse of the so-called indirect peace negotiations
with Israel was a proof that the Zionist entity is the
greatest obstacle to the Middle East peace.
"The failure of the peace process is a blatant
demonstration that Israel is the major obstacle to
peace," Assad said in an address to a ministerial
meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
in Damascus. "Our experience with Israel during
indirect peace negotiations mediated by Turkey is
further proof of this," Assad said.
"The failure of political action in recuperation of
the rights give the resistance the right of their
regaining through all legitimate means," Assad
asserted. "The failure of political methods to recover
their legitimate rights gives them the right of
resistance," he explained, referring to nations whose
land is occupied by the Zionist entity.
The Syrian President, meanwhile, emphasized that he
refuses that the solutions be taken abroad and imposed
on Damascus for its implementation. "The supplicate
does not achieve anything and we live in a world where
there is not a place for the weak," he went on to say.
On Friday, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said
that resuming peace talks between Syria and Israel
would be "useless" without a commitment by the Zionist
entity to withdraw from the Golan Heights.
"If Israel does not honor these requirements then
there is no point of conducting useless negotiations,"
Moallem said. "Negotiations will be futile if there is
no true Israeli will to make peace and no US
involvement. We will not go back to wasting time," he
told Syrian state television.
Israel's Offer to Talk Futile
without Golan
Resuming peace talks
between Syria and Israel would be "useless" without a
commitment by the Jewish state to withdraw from the
Golan Heights, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem
said on Friday.
Moallem reiterated
Syria's calls for an Israeli commitment to restore the
Golan and described it as "not a pre-condition, but a
requirement for peace".
"If Israel does not honor these requirements then
there is no point of conducting useless negotiations,"
Moallem said. "Negotiations will be futile if there is
no true Israeli will to make peace and no US
involvement. We will not go back to wasting time," he
told Syrian state television.
Indirect talks between Syria and Israel, which were
being mediated by Turkey, were formally suspended in
December during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza
Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday after meeting US
President Barack Obama in Washington that he was ready
to resume the talks with Syria immediately but
indicated that would not make any commitments on land
first.
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