[Chemical weapons] isn’t about what the United States believe in, it’s about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don’t have to discuss it.
BASHAR AL-ASSAD[Chemical weapons] isn’t about what the United States believe in, it’s about the reality that we have, and this reality, we own it, we don’t have to discuss it.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIt is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe asked for a delegation [of the Red Cross] in March 2013 when the first attack happened in Aleppo in the north of Syria,
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe don’t discuss this issue [conversations with Russia] as a government, but we discuss the repercussions, which is more important because sometimes repercussions could be more destroying than the strike itself.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWe are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear.
BASHAR AL-ASSADIn the end a lie is a lie.
BASHAR AL-ASSADWith the time, yes we can be worried, because the secular state should reflect secular society, and this secular society, with the time, if you don’t get rid of those terrorists and these extremists and the Wahabi style, of course it will influence at least the new and the coming generations.
BASHAR AL-ASSADOur democracy should reflect our culture and our habits and our customs and our reality at the same time.
BASHAR AL-ASSADConversely, it is correct to say that bringing about peace would be the best way to fight terror.
BASHAR AL-ASSADActually, he gave false evidence [of chemical weapons]. In this case,[John] Kerry didn’t even present any evidence. He talked “we have evidence” and he didn’t present anything. Not yet, nothing so far ; not a single shred of evidence.
BASHAR AL-ASSADAnyone who’s not military knows this fact. Why do you use chemical weapons while you’re advancing ?
BASHAR AL-ASSADYour policy should be a mixture between your interests and how you reach your ends, but based on values. It cannot be only the end justifies the means, because for the criminals, ends justify the means, for thieves, for every illegal and immoral action, the end justifies the means.
BASHAR AL-ASSADMy country and me, we are part of this region, we’re not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me ; it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That’s how we have to look at it.
BASHAR AL-ASSADThe United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there.
BASHAR AL-ASSADYou have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.
BASHAR AL-ASSADForeigners cannot bring freedom, cannot bring democracy, because this is related to the culture, to the different factors that affect or influence that society. You cannot bring it, you cannot import it.
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