Al-Assad: Europe Harmed Its People by Supporting Terrorism

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said most of the European countries followed an unrealistic policy towards Syria since the beginning of the war.

His remarks came during a meeting on Monday with the visiting Belgian parliamentary delegation headed by member of Belgium's Federal Parliament Filip Dewinter.

By adopting this policy, Europe isolated itself and undermined every possible role it could play in this regard and also harmed the interests of its people through it having supported organizations that have practiced all forms of terror against the Syrian people.

The Syrian President said there are Western politicians who work only with the aim of winning the elections and not for serving the interests of their countries and people, which had led to the emergence of European policies that are dissociated from reality regarding some issues.

He went on to say that these policies in their turn had cast a shadow over the position and role of the European Union [EU] in the world.

For their part, the Belgian delegation stressed that the Syrian Arab Army's success in liberating Aleppo had contributed to a large extent to shifting the balance of power in the war against terrorism and to having many officials in the Western countries changing their attitude.

The delegation members pointed out that the success in eliminating terrorism in Syria would definitely lead to curbing its spread in the whole world.

The Belgian figures clarified that the public opinion in a large number of European countries is witnessing a remarkable shift in their attitude towards what is happening in Syria, especially in Aleppo.

They added that their visit to Syria and their mingling with the Syrian people has been very helpful and will contribute to helping the public opinion get a clearer image to face the lies being fabricated in Europe on the events in Syria.

Elsewhere in the interview, al-Assad noted that US President Donald Trump prioritizing the fight against extremists by Daesh [Arabic acronym for "ISIS" / "ISIL"] was promising although it was too early to expect any practical steps.

"I believe this is promising but we have to wait and it's too early to expect anything practical," the Syrian President said.

Al-Assad was also quoted by Sana as saying that US-Russian cooperation in stepping up the fight against the militants would have positive repercussions.

Trump indicated he might cut US support for Syrian militants and might help Syria in the fight against Daesh.

He made defeating Daesh a core goal of his presidency and signed an executive order asking the Pentagon, the joint chiefs of staff and other agencies to submit a preliminary plan on how to proceed within 30 days.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team