Rouhani sternly warns of US scheme against Syria

Hassan Rouhani made the remarks in a meeting with the Speaker of People's Council of Syria Hammouda Youssef Sabbagh in mounted in Iranian Capital city of Tehran on Tuesday on the sidelines of the 13th Session of the Parliamentary Union of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Conference.

"The plot that the Americans have recently hatched for Syria is against international law and a plot against the territorial integrity and security of Syria and the region," Rouhani said.

The US announced on Sunday that it will work, along with a coalition of its allies purportedly fighting Daesh, with US-backed militants of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to set up a new 30,000-strong “border security” force.
  The force would operate along the Turkish border with Iraq and within Syria along the Euphrates River.

Elsewhere in his remarks, the Iranian president said the fight against terrorists and foreign intervention must be continued in Syria and called for adopting measures to help the Syrian refugees return to their homeland as soon as possible.

He added that the reconstruction of the war-stricken country should start and noted that the Islamic Republic would stand by the Syrian government and nation in this regard.
Rouhani also stressed the importance of proceeding with political talks and measures aimed at restoring the rights of the Syrian people.

The top Syrian parliamentarian, for his part, said Damascus opposes the presence of US forces in its soil and has officially called for their withdrawal.


/SR