President Bashar al-Assad told the Damascus delegation to the international Geneva II Conference on Syria that the results of the gathering will be futile if terrorism is not stopped and if those states supporting and sponsoring the terrorists are not pressured into halting their backups

President al-Assad provided the delegation with his directives, first among which is rising to level of the representation of the people's pains and hopes by preserving Syria's sovereignty as always, preventing and rejecting any foreign interference no matter its form and context, and accepting no relinquishing of the well-known Syrian national standards, the most important of which being preserving the country and the people and placing their interest above any other consideration, SANA reported.

President al-Assad asserted that the results of the Geneva gathering will not succeed if the Syrian people don't accept it, and that any political solution requires first and foremost the complete cessation of terrorism and pressuring the countries which support and sponsor it to comply with international conventions, laws and norms which incriminate anyone who provides any form of assistance to terrorism and terrorist organizations.

For their part, the delegation members said that they would go to Geneva bearing the aspirations of the Syrian people and the directives of President al-Assad to begin a political dialogue as a prelude to an inter-Syrian dialogue on Syrian territory.

The delegation is headed by Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem, who will be accompanied by Omran al-Zoubi, Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban, Dr. Fayssal Mikdad, Hussam Eddin Alla, Bashar al-Jaafari, Ahmad Farouk Arnous, Luna al-Shebl and Usama Ali during the Geneva II talks.
 

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