President Assad: Legitimate Demands Differ from Armed Groups

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday stressed the importance of differentiating between the people’s legitimate demands to which the State responded through issuing decrees and laws and the organized armed groups which utilized these demands to create chaos and destabilize the country.

Meeting US Congressman Dennis Kucinich and the accompanying delegation in the morning and holding another meeting with British Conservative Party MP Brooks Newmark, the Syrian President reviewed the recent events taking place in Syria and the advanced steps achieved in the comprehensive reform program.

For their part Kucinich and Newmark expressed keenness on Syria’s security and stability as an essential pillar in the region.