Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa told reporters in Damascus on Wednesday that ongoing negotiations with the Zionist entity to reach a security pact could lead to results “in the coming days,” noting that “if the security pact succeeds, other agreements could be reached.”
He described the security pact as a “necessity” and said it “would need to respect Syria’s air space and territorial unity” and be monitored by the United Nations.
In a briefing with journalists, he said Damascus was seeking a deal similar to a 1974 disengagement agreement with the Zionist entity.
Sharaa noted that Syria sought the withdrawal of Israeli troops but that ‘Israel’ wanted to remain at strategic locations it seized after December 8, including Mount Hermon. Israeli ministers have publicly said ‘Israel’ intends to keep control of the sites.
He said “if the security pact succeeds, other agreements could be reached,” but noted that a normalization deal “was not currently on the table.”
Sharaa, who took interim power following the collapse of former President Bashar Al-Assad last December, said it was too early to discuss the fate of the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights because it was “a big deal.”
“It’s a difficult case – you have negotiations between a Damascene and a Jew,” Sharaa told reporters, smiling.
Earlier on Tuesday, Axios reported that the Zionist entity presented Syria with a proposal for a new security agreement.
Two sources familiar with the matter told Axios that part of the proposal included a map from Damascus southwest up to the border with occupied Palestine
Sources told Axios that the agreement is based on the 1979 peace agreement with Egypt. The proposal would see areas southwest of Damascus get split into three different zones.
‘Israel’ would extend the current buffer zone on the Syrian side by two kilometers. Under the proposal, the whole swath of land southwest of Damascus to the occupied Palestinian border would be a no-fly zone for any Syrian aircraft, Axios reported.
Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar)
