“Syria’s enemies still don’t see a political path, they are relying on force and changes ‘on the ground’ in their own interests. In regard to this, the Syrian government is flexible in everything except for what is embedded in national principles because this is the understanding of sovereignty,” Halqi said in an interview.
Halqi explained the difference between principles and conditions as the latter being understood as the opinion of one party not taking into consideration the opinion of the other, and principles are the “fundamentals of relations, things of logic, and international law.”
“The most important of these principles is the full right of the Syrian people to choose the type of governing and government in the country, on the decision of its future both inside and outside the country, as well as the complete observation of sovereignty, independence, and the unity of Syrian territory,”
