Mekdad Warns Jordan of Syria Fire: We never Used Chemical Weapons

Syrian deputy foreign Faisal Mekdad warned Friday the Jordanian government that the turmoil in Syria would spill over into Jordan.

In an interview with China’s Xinhua news agency, Mekdad said: the Jordanian authorities must beware that “fire would move on from Syria to gut their houses and offices.”
“Menacing danger is threatening the two countries [Syria and Jordan] and the entire region, as well as all those who are supporting armed terrorist groups,” the Syrian deputy foreign minister stated.

He further confirmed: “We and our brothers in the Jordanian government know very well that a lot of those [terrorist] agents have entered Syria,” and wondered: “Wasn’t that done with the knowledge of the Jordanian government?”

On another level, the Syrian official brushed aside accusations that the Syrian government has ever used chemical weapons either in the town of Khan al-Assal in Aleppo in northern Syria or in any other place in the country.

Mekdad indicated that Syria had initially called for an investigation committee from the General Secretariat of the United Nations and provided it with details about the rebels’ use of chemical weapons in Khan al-Asal, but charged that the British and French governments, via their deputies in the UN, submitted “fabricated” information over the use of chemical weapons in other areas in Syria.

“We want this committee to come to Syria as soon as possible to open investigations over the use of chemical weapons in Khan al- Assal,” he stressed, suggesting that the UN refuses to send this committee under Western pressures.
“We are totally open to deal and cooperate with the UN concerning this incident… this hinges on the evenhandedness and seriousness of this committee,” he said.

“The Syrian army had never used such weapons and Syria, as we have confirmed in many occasions, will not, even if it has, use such capabilities against its people,” Mekdad stressed.
He said that Syria is hopeful that the US administration will work towards reaching a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, adding that Syria will not allow other forces to encroach upon the country’s sovereignty, occupy and ruin it.