Fayssal Mekdad Quotes (17 Quotes)

expressed on more than one occasion that those who committed this crime, whether Syrians or not, are traitors and they have to be put to justice.

The United Nations is in Iraq on a mission of peace, and for the reconstruction of the country and to support the Iraqi people. Therefore it is all the more shocking that this attack occurred,

We did not hinder the investigation. The main objective for Syria was to uncover and give a full picture of how the crime happened.

Syria is innocent of this crime. Syria is ready and willing to put to trial any Syrian conclusively implicated in that crime.

Isn't this real political will ... Syria is doing all it can do, but the problem is on the other side. They like to make accusations, not action. On the other side, there is no efforts whatsoever to stop these people.

We'll continue cooperating, and full cooperation was pledged by the highest leadership in Syria.

Frankly speaking, we would prefer to have the original copy like everybody else,

We are determined to cooperate with the Iraqi government, ... We are determined to help whatever we can help so that the suffering of the Iraqi people, which is painful for us, could be stopped. And this is a major task that my government is undertaking all the time.

Syria was showing great interest in this summit, the Syrian delegation in New York was following up political preparations for it,

I would like to confirm once again that Syria believes, strongly believes, that it is innocent and the committee has to look somewhere else to find those who committed this heinous crime.

Syria is not incapable of establishing a resistance and deterrent balance that would force Israel to reconsider its calculations,

Some quarters either on the basis of a suspect premeditated scheme or out of bad faith have used this crime in a despicable manner in order to fan the flames of hostility against Syria and increase accusations against it.

Syria will not allow this, did not allow this. This is not in the interest of either Syria or Lebanon. Our position is not to allow any such activity.

If we don't all have the spirit of compromise, ... then we shall lose the momentum, we shall lose the spirit of coming out with a document that unites the United Nations and unites all of us.

This heinous crime runs counter to all the principles that Syria holds... and was against Syrian interests.

If Israel wants to live in peace in the region, and it's clear it doesn't want to live in peace in the region, it wants to live with its expansion, with its settlements, with its occupation, something that not only Arabs and Palestinians would not accept, but everybody in the world will not accept.

Although some did promise to assist us and provide technical equipment for border control, they have failed to come through on their promises.