Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said Syrian was ready to engage in initiatives that could lead to the establishment of a unity government in the war-torn country.
In an interview with Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen TV aired on Monday, Moallem said the Damascus government has proposed a political roadmap that could put an end to more than five years of war in the Arab country.
He said Damascus would support the idea of holding a referendum on a new constitution followed by parliamentary elections and the formation of a unity government.
Moallem said, however, that a main obstacle to the political settlement of the conflict in Syria was the support provided by governments like the United States, Britain and France and their allies in the Middle East to terrorists operating in the Arab country.
He accused the three Western countries of convening a meeting of the UN Security Council on Sunday to support terrorists in Syria.
The top Syrian diplomat said the truce deal brokered by Moscow and Washington two weeks ago is still viable. He, however, blamed the US military for the collapse of the ceasefire by mounting a deliberate attack on Syrian armed forces positioned in a military base east of the country.
He said the attack two weeks ago the army positions on Tharda Mountain in Dayr al-Zawr was deliberate and in coordination with ISIL Takfiri terrorists who “rushed to take control of the area only one hour after the aggression.”
Washington has never been sincere in its calls for peace in Syria; otherwise it would have pushed its “agent states such as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey” into complying with the truce, Moallem said.
Over the past few days, Syria has managed to make gains against terrorists north of the country as it pushes ahead with an operation to fully liberate the city of Aleppo from militants.
Source: Press TV
