Muallem Tells U.N. Syria Still Believes in 'Political Solution'

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Syria's foreign minister accused the United States and its allies Monday of supporting terrorism in Syria but said his government remains open to a political settlement of its civil war.

Speaking to the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United States "clearly induce and support terrorism in Syria with money, weapons and foreign fighters."

However, he also said that President Bashar Assad is open to reforms if the violence stops. "We still believe in a political solution as an essential way out of the crisis," he said.

For this to happen, he said U.N. members should press for an end to the "arming, financing, harboring and training of terrorist groups."

Washington and many of its allies accuse Syria's government of mass human rights abuses in the ongoing struggle to put down the armed rebellion.

Comments 2
Missing gabby5 01 October 2012, 21:53

the time for political reform ended over 12 months ago. The only road left for pig-man is the road to the gallows.

Missing phillipo 02 October 2012, 09:30

His "political solution".
You surrender, we'll only execute you.