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President Bashar al-Assad gave an vital interview to the Chinese language Media Group upon concluding his state go to to China and after the vital summit with President Xi Jinping and the conferences with high Chinese language officers on the sidelines of Asia Video games 2023.
In his interview, President al-Assad addressed many vital matters together with his impression of the developments in China since his final go to to the nation 19 years in the past, the talks through the summit with President Xi Jinping, and the announcement of building the strategic partnership between Syria and China, the US-led Western neo-liberalism harmful struggle of terrorism and attrition in opposition to the Syrian folks, and the rebuilding of Syria amongst many different vital matters.
Following is the interview adopted by the complete transcript of the English translation:
The video can be obtainable on Rumble, BitChute, and YouTube.
Transcript
Intro: Thanks for accepting the unique interview with China Media Group,
Query:
The final time you and your spouse visited China was in 2004. How do you’re feeling about revisiting China, and what are essentially the most vital modifications you felt in China?
President Bashar al-Assad:
First, thanks for conducting this interview in the present day. As for the go to to China, after we visited China 19 years in the past till in the present day, there have been very huge leaps. If I needed to make a comparability, I may say that it’s tough to make a comparability as a result of loads has modified.
At the moment, it was mentioned that China was known as the manufacturing facility of products for the world, however in the present day I can say that China is the manufacturing facility of creativity, on the one hand; however, what is understood concerning the Chinese language folks is that they love their nation very a lot, and it’s pure for any folks to at all times be pleased with their nation, however it’s fairly clear that this pleasure has reached a lot larger ranges due to the Chinese language achievements, however what I need to give attention to, and it might be simply as vital as these achievements, and it might be extra vital, is what has not modified in China, and right here is the most important problem, as a result of modifications at all times deliver with them destructive facets. Crucial factor that has not modified in China is tradition, belonging to the homeland, to society, to Chinese language customs and traditions. That is the best success.
Many nations can develop technologically, economically, and in varied scientific fields, however few of them can keep their identification, and the Chinese language identification in the present day is as clear because it was 20 years in the past.
Query:
This time, you and your spouse additionally attended the opening ceremony of the Asian Video games. When the Syrian delegation entered the place, the scene was filled with liveliness and pleasure. I wish to share with you a video of the scene when the Syrian delegation entered the place.
Individuals have been screaming and cheering, and on Chinese language social media many Chinese language netizens left their feedback, I wish to share a couple of with you:
One particular person wrote: It’s a must to have a look at the celebrities even within the ruins.
One other remark mentioned: It reveals the world not solely destruction but additionally boundless vitality.
One other particular person commented: My hope is that roses will bloom in all elements of Damascus and that peace and love will stay on this land that overlooks even the desert.
Mr. President, what do you need to say to the Chinese language public and netizens?
President Bashar al-Assad:
After all, I keep in mind this second precisely as a result of it’s a touching second when the Chinese language followers within the stadium cheered for the entry of the Syrian workforce, this implies loads in such a state of affairs as a result of it’s a spontaneous second, that is the Chinese language folks.
Generally we expect that due to distances we’re far-off from one another emotionally, and maybe with completely different ideas. This second was sufficient to say that China and Syria on the favored degree are shut to one another, however for Web customers, concerning this specific occasion, I need to thank them for his or her curiosity, and for the feedback, a few of which we learn and which have been very touching, for his or her data of Syria’s historic and trendy relationship with China, for what is going on in Syria, and for his or her love for Syria.
However particularly with regard to the opening ceremony particularly, I need to say that the message that we acquired by the opening and social networking websites intersects and is linked to one another, which is the greatness of China and Chinese language pleasure with Chinese language humility.
Query:
Whilst you have been in Guangzhou, the Chinese language President held a historic assembly with you and also you collectively introduced the institution of a strategic partnership between China and Syria. How do you learn the that means of this strategic partnership and in what areas do you sit up for seeing larger growth in cooperation between the 2 nations?
President Bashar al-Assad:
China in the present day is a superpower, enjoying an important position on this planet. Nevertheless, when it talks about partnership, it’s speaking a couple of new precept, not about hegemony. What we’re lacking as nations in varied nations of the world, not solely in Syria however particularly the smaller nations, want this partnership and this position. China is enjoying this position as a result of China has stood with Syria politically by its position within the Safety Council and numerous worldwide boards, along with its clear political positions which are removed from pleasantries.
The political side is developed, however it’s pure for there to be a broader dialogue in these circumstances that the world goes by. There may be the financial side and the event side. For us in Syria, this considerations us loads as a result of Syria is now uncovered to a nasty, merciless, and harmful financial siege from the West aimed toward ravenous the Syrian folks. This side is vital to us and was one of many matters we expanded on with Chinese language officers, in a number of facets.
After all, China offers humanitarian help to Syria and performs an vital position in assuaging struggling. We now have set titles, after we return to Damascus, conferences can be held to develop mechanisms to remodel these titles into sensible work initiatives.
Query:
In your assembly with President Xi, you talked about that China has launched into the trail of socialism with Chinese language traits, and we have now observed that there are additionally some discussions in Syria about methods to study from China’s growth expertise.
What inspiration do you suppose the Chinese language-style modernization path will deliver to Syria’s future reconstruction and growth?
President Bashar al-Assad:
First, there have to be joint initiatives and friction between Chinese language experience and Syrian experience in initiatives of an financial and industrial nature. First, as a result of China a couple of many years in the past was much like the circumstances of many third-world nations, and second as a result of social and worth ideas play a elementary position within the growth course of. We can’t separate technical growth from the social state of affairs, due to this fact, we are able to profit from the Chinese language expertise in lots of facets. Maybe we can’t profit in the identical approach as many Western nations. We now have tried, and lots of nations in our area have tried, to profit from Western experiences, however they’ve failed. Quite the opposite, the outcomes of (these) experiences and imitations could have backfired on these nations.
Query:
In January of final 12 months, Syria introduced it’s becoming a member of the Belt and Street Initiative. We all know that Syria is without doubt one of the crucial nations on the traditional Silk Street. How do you consider its significance for world growth?
President Bashar al-Assad:
We can’t separate the Belt and Street Initiative from the opposite initiatives put ahead by President Xi Jinping, the International Civilization Initiative, International Growth, and World Safety, as a result of there can’t be growth with out safety, and there can’t be growth and safety if we don’t protect the civilized, ethical and cultural facets of relations between nations. Growth can’t imply crushing one other nation’s identification, that is not possible, due to this fact, I don’t say that this initiative is a Chinese language initiative, I say that it has develop into a worldwide initiative. The Belt and Street is crucial utility for this initiative now, however it’s essential to seek for an establishment or establishments that carries out this side and interacts with different establishments. All these initiatives with establishments kind a community to show right into a actuality utility on a worldwide degree.
Query:
Syria was one of many richest and most steady nations within the Center East, and there are Arabic poetic verses identified to many Chinese language that say: If the paradise of eternity is in a single land, then it’s Damascus and there’s no different land, or whether it is within the sky, then it’s in it. However now, after greater than ten years of struggle, Syria has not solely suffered from struggle and financial stagnation, however it may be described as devastating, and the folks have suffered from many losses and shocks. How do you consider the present state of affairs in Syria, and crucial query is: Has the struggle ended?
President Bashar al-Assad:
No, the struggle just isn’t over. We’re nonetheless within the coronary heart of the struggle at present, however I need to say that Syria, as a geographical location all through its historic historical past, because the historical past books, is a hall for invasions, and at any time when an occupier comes, it destroys the cities. That is the historical past of Syria, but it surely was at all times rebuilt.
Actually, the Syrian persons are capable of rebuild their nation when the struggle stops and the siege ends. The issue is the social results that may seem. That’s, once you lose one thing materials, you rebuild it, however once you lose one thing intellectually and culturally, it goes away and doesn’t come again.
Now our area faces two forms of hazard with this struggle: the hazard of recent Western liberalism, which originated in America, and the hazard of extremism. So societies are going through two unhealthy issues that seem as if they’re two various things, however in actuality, they’re one factor. What we’re specializing in now’s to have the ability to protect values first, and on belonging, as a result of values and belonging are what assist us construct our nation. After we lose these values, everybody will to migrate, and nobody can be able to defend his nation, or the values, in any work that serves society. That is the problem.
Query:
Because of this the most important impediment to resolving the Syrian difficulty for you is the interference of exterior forces?
President Bashar al-Assad:
Sure, it’s a main impediment. I’ve beforehand mentioned a number of instances that if we take away this exterior interference, the Syrian downside, which appears difficult, just isn’t so. It may be solved in a couple of months and never in years. That is true.
Query:
There’s a significant issue {of electrical} energy shortages in Syria, and the primary cause for this downside is the dearth of gasoline. We all know that Syria may be very wealthy in oil and fuel sources, and there are a lot of oil fields within the provinces of Al-Hasakah and Der Ezzor. Is that this downside instantly associated to the theft of oil by the American military?
President Bashar al-Assad:
The northeastern area of Syria that’s occupied by terrorists is certainly the identical one which the People supervise, so the problem just isn’t solely theft, however reasonably the problem is a partnership with the terrorists in sharing income, and it’s a downside for a superpower to share with the terrorists. That is the truth in Syria, so we’re dropping oil and wheat in these areas. We have been a rustic that exported wheat. Now we solely have just a little wheat. We do not need electrical energy. How can there be life with out electrical energy? After all, we have now a lot lower than the minimal for all times, however this isn’t sufficient.
Query:
You additionally talked about that the struggle has not ended, so how do you consider the present state of affairs in Syria?
President Bashar al-Assad:
The present state of affairs is certainly not good, it’s a unhealthy state of affairs to be clear, as a result of the issue now for the Syrians is a livelihood downside, concerning the financial state of affairs I imply. The struggling is growing, and the flexibility of the Syrian folks, who’ve at all times had regular relations with varied nations of the world, can alternate commerce, tradition, science, and all the things with them, is important. It is a essential interplay for the nation to stay affluent. It’s in a state of accelerating suffocation by Western nations, however this doesn’t imply we can’t do something, This is without doubt one of the titles of this go to. Right here, the assist of pleasant nations is significant and important, not essentially by help. Help could also be for humanitarian causes, however I imply to open doorways in order that the Syrian folks, who’ve historic capabilities, can construct their nation, work together, develop, and prosper, We now have these capabilities, we don’t lack them. It’s this kind of financial, political, and cultural relations that may open the doorways for us to return and begin once more.
Query:
You talked about that rebuilding the nation could also be one of many greatest calls for of the Syrian folks now. What are your plans and aspirations for rebuilding?
President Bashar al-Assad:
If rebuilding takes place, Syria can have a really nice future, and I’m not talking from hypotheses, hopes, or expectations. I’m talking from the state of affairs earlier than the struggle. Earlier than the struggle, progress in Syria was at its finest, near 7%, which is a really excessive share for a rustic with restricted capabilities. We didn’t have money owed. We weren’t a debtor nation. We used to take a mortgage and pay it again instantly. We had a ample quantity of wheat, and we exported wheat to numerous nations, we have been exporting greens and fruits and we have been creating our industries, at first of commercial growth when the struggle started, so I can say with full confidence that stopping the struggle and rebuilding Syria will make Syria significantly better than it was earlier than the struggle.
Query:
We all know that you just studied medication at college and in addition labored as an ophthalmologist. What prescription would you provide to cope with the difficulties that Syria could face in varied facets, resembling reconstruction and growth?
President Bashar al-Assad:
After all, we at the moment are going through an inside problem associated to struggle and blockade, and we face an exterior problem associated to the worldwide financial state of affairs, the results of Corona, and the results of the struggle in Ukraine. All of this stuff led to a rise in all costs, along with a rise in rates of interest on the greenback, which additionally elevated the difficulties for all nations. The essential recipe for such a state of affairs is the transition, not just for Syria however for all nations, which is the transition from coping with the greenback to different currencies, particularly the yuan.
Query:
I believe you may have observed the emergence of a wave of reconciliation within the Center East, along with Syria’s return to the Arab League, and with energetic Chinese language mediation, Saudi Arabia and Iran introduced the restoration of diplomatic relations. Everyone knows that the Center East is without doubt one of the areas that suffers from essentially the most advanced safety state of affairs on this planet. How do you consider the position of China in selling peace and stability within the Center East?
President Bashar al-Assad:
As for the Saudi-Iranian reconciliation, it was a really huge and sudden achievement, but it surely was a really good shock, as a result of this downside is 4 many years previous in our area, or just a little extra, and it represented the Western and particularly American mannequin of making a number of issues between a number of events after which the US blackmails these events from to realize its pursuits, and who pays the worth? These nations and the area during which these nations stay. This initiative was extra than simply reconciliation between two events. Allow us to say that two individuals who have been enemies turned associates. No, the problem is a matter of stability. This side will mirror positively on all of us within the Center East as a result of we paid the worth for this downside for a number of many years, and in the present day we really feel reassured about this level.
The opposite facet: When China introduced this reconciliation, it meant that coverage trusted motion and never on phrases, speeches, propaganda, and the empty Western methodology. There was actual political motion and it achieved outcomes.
Query:
What’s the significance of the International Growth Initiative, the International Safety Initiative, and the International Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi?
President Bashar al-Assad:
We hope that China will proceed to play an more and more political position, as we see repeatedly, as a result of this political position is inseparable, as we mentioned, from initiatives, together with the International Safety Initiative, as a result of it creates stability.
As for these initiatives, we see them as guidelines for the brand new world. I say that the period we stay in now’s an period of transition from an previous world to a brand new world, and I don’t imply the previous world of a number of thousand years, however I’m speaking concerning the previous world that started with the period of colonialism within the fifteenth century with the invention of America.
From that point till in the present day, there have been six centuries of colonization, killing, and plundering. What do these initiatives imply? It implies that politics in the present day on this planet is not about revenue on the expense of others, it’s not killing, it’s not occupation, it’s the new politics that we want, a politics primarily based on morals, it’s a politics primarily based on cooperation, it’s a politics primarily based on ideas, it’s a politics primarily based on mutual revenue. Subsequently, I say that they’re legitimate ideas for a brand new world that can regularly change the previous world. That is how we see it.
Query:
Your nation has gone by life and demise moments and you’ve got personally gone by many tough moments, from the time you turned president till in the present day, what has been the best non secular assist for you alongside the way in which?
President Bashar al-Assad:
The factor that makes you stand essentially the most when the large, wealthy, or highly effective nations of the world are in opposition to you is the folks solely. If the persons are not with you in such circumstances, no different celebration can provide you this inspiration to proceed preventing within the struggle, when the struggle was army, or preventing when the struggle was financial. in the present day. On the non-public degree, it’s the household, cohesive and dedicated to its nation, and its willpower to undergo the circumstances, irrespective of how tough these circumstances are. That is crucial issue.
Query:
If you have been rising up, your father performed the position of a strict father in educating his youngsters. What impact did this setting have on you? Now, as a father, when coping with your three youngsters, what are your fundamental instructional ideas?
President Bashar al-Assad:
Typically, Syrian society is an open society that thinks opposite to what some folks attempt to painting because of historical past. When there are completely different civilizations in a spot, an individual have to be open, and this setting is our household setting like another Syrian household, however what’s completely different is the stage or relationship between me and my mother and father and between me and my youngsters is the change in world circumstances. Within the days of my mother and father, once I was younger, there was no social media, there weren’t even satellite tv for pc channels, and thus the exterior affect on Syrian tradition, thought, and nationwide character was very restricted. There have been no dangers.
Right this moment it’s utterly the alternative, so I imagine that the connection between me and my youngsters was basically constructed on devoting values within the first place, the worth of the group and never the Western worth of the person, along with nationwide values which are based on adherence to identification. The flexibility to develop, the flexibility to work together with different cultures whereas sustaining the nationwide character. I believe these are the challenges we face in the present day as mother and father with our youngsters.
Query:
I heard that your youngest son is studying Chinese language, is that this true?
President Bashar al-Assad:
True, he realized Chinese language at first of the struggle, about 7 or 8 years in the past or just a little extra, in fact within the type of foundations of the Chinese language language. He didn’t delve into it a lot, however he recognized this language with none affect. He needed to find out about one thing that was far-off from him. There’s a lot about it as a language and as a tradition.
Query:
Your journey to China is sort of over, what’s the greatest acquire from this journey? How do you summarize this journey to China?
President Bashar al-Assad:
On this go to, we took benefit of the good position that China performed over the previous ten years, with financial growth, political initiatives, and the event, of the position of President Xi Jinping, to succeed in a go to that I can say was very fruitful, and I imagine that it was a really and actually profitable go to by all requirements.
Query:
Thanks very a lot for accepting our interview and thanks for sharing your experiences, emotions, and ideas with us. We additionally hope that roses will bloom in all elements of Damascus as quickly as attainable in order that peace will prevail in Syria. Thanks.
President Bashar al-Assad:
Thanks for this vital alternative to handle the Chinese language folks by your channel and your program. I need to congratulate the Chinese language folks for all the things they’ve achieved over the previous many years and have confirmed that they’re nice folks, not in phrases however in deeds. We hope to see China obtain its ambitions on the nationwide degree and on the worldwide degree, that are the ambitions of a lot of the nations of the world in the present day. Thanks for this assembly.
Finish of the transcript.
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