The Syrian Presidency has declared President Bashar al-Assad’s readiness to hold early parliamentary and presidential elections following inquiries made by a visiting Russian delegation to Damascus last Sunday.
“Within the frame of the general principles of the Syrian state, any political solution decided by the Syrian people that preserves the state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and spares the Syrian people’s blood and meets their interests is to be welcomed and adopted by the state,” the Presidency explained on its website.
“As for the ideas and initiatives brought up recently and the talk about what the Syrians might come to agree on in the future, the President has repeatedly stressed in his speeches and interviews that no initiative or ideas can succeed or be implemented unless terrorism is eliminated and security and stability are restored to the country,” it concluded.
