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Moscow, SANA-Head of Russia’s Muftis Council Sheikh Rawi’ein El-Deen deplored the current state of affairs in Syria, citing the appalling scale of destruction, killing and displacement happening in it.
Russia’s top Islamic cleric, during his meeting in Moscow with the National Dialogue Follow-up committee delegation led by Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs Dr. Ali Haidar, called for exerting efforts for bringing back security and stability to Syria.
“My visit to Syria and the meetings I held with official and religious figures there left me with memorable impressions that the Syrian people are open to all, hospitable and kind-hearted despite the tough circumstances they are facing,” he said.
Syria is a human heritage that the world has to protect, the Mufti added, urging vigorous cooperation with Syria to confront terrorism.
He thanked the delegation for enlightening him about the reality on the ground in Syria which is usually obscured by misleading media outlets.
Minister Haidar, for his part, said all parties should take part in the war against terrorism, indicating that reconciliation is a project proposed by the Syrian state and leadership which was put forward for all to embrace.
National reconciliations have been accomplished in as many as 50 areas that affected the lives of an estimated one million Syrians, Haidar said, unveiling a new reconciliation plan which is predicted to affect another one and a half million.
“What is happening in Syria is not political wrangling among Syrians that can be solved by elections…there is a crisis in Syria and we demand that the state’s structure be protected from destruction,” he said, warning of consequences similar to what happened in Iraq and Libya.
Haidar said it is not democracy or elections that Western countries are interested in but they are keen to promote their own interests.
Secretary-General of the People’s Party Abdul-Aziz Trad al-Milhem, for his part, said Syria is facing an international conspiracy involving some of those who claim to be Muslim scholars and Arab and Muslim leaders.
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