Al-Laham: Time for international community to listen to voice of right

The People's Assembly Speaker, Mohammad Jihad al-Laham, said it was time that the international community, after having been listening to the tools of media misleading for two years now, listen to the voice of right. Al-Laham was speaking during a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on the sidelines of preparations to open the 128th session of the Union's General Assembly in the capital of Ecuador, Quito. Al-Laham stressed that the international community should support the efforts to halt the violence and bloodshed and the political program to solve the crisis in Syria so as to preserve its territorial integrity and the unity of its people as well as the international peace and security. The People's Assembly Speaker reviewed during the meeting the reality of what is taking place in Syria and the role of Arab, regional and international parties that are targeting Syria. He cited the ongoing destruction of infrastructure and private and public properties at the hands of the terrorist groups which are supplied with money, arms and fighters. Al-Laham also briefed IPU Secretary General, Anders Johnson, and the IPU Head Abdul-Wahid al-Radi on the efforts exerted by the People's Assembly to ensure the success of the political program to solve the crisis in Syria. He voiced the hopes he attaches on the outcomes of the 128th meeting of the IPU in terms of supporting Syria's efforts in combating terrorism and halting the violence.