Assad asks Iran, Russia to stop Western 'interference'

منتشر شده در 29 آذر 1397

President Bashar al-#Assad has asked #Iran and #Russia to "stop the interference of some Western states" as Syria is setting up a committee tasked with negotiating a new post-war constitution.

Assad "stressed the importance of efforts exerted by the friendly and allied countries of Syria, particularly Iran and Russia" as he met Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior adviser to the Iranian foreign minister, in Damascus Sunday.

The UN-backed constitutional committee will include 50 members chosen by Damascus, 50 by the opposition and 50 by the United Nations. The constitution will pave the way for elections aimed at turning the page on seven years of war.

The opposition is reportedly pushing for an entirely new constitution, but Damascus has said it will only discuss altering the current one.

On Sunday, Assad called for an end to "the interference of some Western states in the political track and consolidating the establishment of a political process led by the Syrians themselves away from any form of external intervention."

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