Former UN General Assembly President Calls for Not Ignoring Presence of Extremist Groups Fighting in Syria

Friends of Syria
December 8, 2012

RAGUE, (SANA) – Former President of the UN General Assembly, Jan Kavan, called for not ignoring the presence of extremist groups from jihadists and al-Qaeda who participate in the fighting in Syria.

In an interview with the Czech Halo Noviny Newspaper, Kavan added that these groups are not interested in any democratic issue.

He said that what is paradoxical is that some of the western countries now support these groups which have previously participated in the attack against the World Trade Center in New York in 2001 and called as terrorist group at that time.

Kavan indicated that the best solution to the crisis in Syria is through the UN proposing a political solution that stresses the need for respecting the Syrians’ rights and guaranteeing these rights, then to persuade the Syrian government and opposition to negotiate on its proposal.

He asserted that Qatar and Saudi Arabia should stop their support to the armed groups in Syria.