Information Minister, Omran al-Zoubi, stressed that the bombings which rocked al-Rihaniya city in Turkey are a terrorist act that is condemned by all human and moral standards, offering condolences to the Turkish people for the martyrs and wishing recovery for the injured.
Minister al-Zoubi, said that the Turkish Government has turned the border areas into ” international terrorist concentrations,” stressing that it is still facilitating delivery of weapons, explosives, cars, money and killers into Syria.
Addressing the Intellectual Political Symposium which kicked off Sunday at the al-Assad National Library in Damascus, al-Zoubi pointed out that the Turkish Government and its Prime Minister shoulder direct political and moral responsibility towards the Turkish and Syrian peoples, as well as the peoples of the region.
The Information Minister added, “No one has the right in Turkey to issue arbitrary accusations against Syria concerning the bombings which rocked Turkey yesterday as Syria has not and will not conduct such behavior.”
The Minister stressed that what is happening in Syria is blamed on the Turkish Government and others, and what happened in Turkey yesterday is also blamed on the Turkish Government.
He added that Recep Tayyip Erdogan has to step down as he does not have the right to brag out his glories at the expense of the blood of the Turks and the Syrians.
Al-Zoubi added, “Turkish Interior Minister accused Syria of the bombings, he said he will prove his accusations when they reach evidence,” pointing out that when the Turkish minister says he would reach evidence that means he wants to fabricate one.
He wondered about the benefits Erdogan and his party would get out of destroying Syria, adding that the bombings took place days before Erdogan’s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama.
The Minister said, “Does Erdogan want to foil the Russian-U.S. efforts?” adding that the Turkish Foreign Minister said yesterday that Turkey can defend itself, so it has to defend itself against terrorism and terrorists, and the government of Erdogan should shoulder complete responsibility for what happened.
He noted that if the state and people of Turkey want to defend themselves, they have to ask Erdogan and his government to step down because they are to blame for what happened.
The Information Minister added that the Turkish government granted permission yesterday to the Turkish Airlines company to sponsor the Israeli second international fair in occupied Jerusalem, and there are joint military exercises with Israel, while the Israeli enemy did not apologize for the martyrs of Mavi Marmara.
He stressed that Israel has committed an aggression against Syria recently and raided military sires near Damascus and violated, through this aggression, the international commitments (Separation of Forces Agreement), and it allowed terrorists to operate inside the demilitarized zone, and it allows the terrorists to kidnap the UN observers.
He stressed that because of the Israeli practices, Syria has the right at any time to deal with the occupied Syrian Golan as its own lands because the Golan is a Syrian Arab land. Syria has the right to enter the Golan at any time the way it likes.
Al-Zoubi said, “everyone, particularly Israel, should understand that no one can tour the Syrian airspace,” pointing out that the Syrian Army and people know very well how to defend Syria.
