The media office of the former Vice President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Abdul Halim Khaddam, issued the following statement:
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar channel and some media outlets linked to the Syrian regime reported information indicating that Mr. Abdel Halim Khaddam had conducted an interview with Channel 2 of Israeli television, and Mr. Khaddam’s media office confirms the following:
First: Mr. Abdel Halim did not conduct any dialogue or meeting with Israeli television or any other Israeli media outlet. We confirm that the interview broadcast by Channel 2 of Israeli television was a private interview with Mr. Khaddam for Channel 3 of Spanish television. We attach with the statement the texts of the correspondence that was conducted to conduct The interview was with Spanish television and through an intermediary, Mr. Ziad Darwish.
Second: We categorically deny the allegations made by the journalist by Mr. Khaddam on Israeli television, and there is absolutely no truth to his claim, according to what was reported by Al-Manar TV and others linked to the Syrian regime, that Mr. Khaddam and the opposition are receiving American and European support and funds to overthrow the Assad regime in exchange for a peace contract with Israel, and neither is it. There is absolutely no truth to the claim that Mr. Khaddam said that there are preparations by the Turkish, French and German armies to invade Syria at the head of NATO forces.
Third: Mr. Khaddam asserts that there is no truth to the allegations of the existence of a shadow government for the Syrian opposition or the existence of any American or European financial aid to a government that does not exist.
Fourth: Mr. Khaddam categorically denies that he is behind the youth revolution in Syria and confirms (as is clear and with conclusive evidence in the interview on the Israeli television link that claims to have conducted the interview with Mr. Khaddam) that the revolution is a youth revolution and has nothing to do with any group or party, and Mr. Khaddam confirms Khaddam (as it became clear in the meeting) decided to retire from political work in favor of national action, and that he decided, since his resignation from his positions in the party and the state, that he does not want to assume any political or party tasks or positions, and that the role of the fathers’ generation is to make room for the children’s generation in building the future Syria and supporting them and supporting them, not solutions. Their place.
Fifth: The journalist claimed (according to what was reported by Al-Manar TV and others linked to the Syrian regime) that Mr. Khaddam had conducted an interview with him in 2005. We confirm that there is no truth to the claim because Mr. Khaddam gave a single interview to Al-Arabiya channel at the end of 2005, in which he announced his bias towards the ranks of the people and his opposition to the Syrian regime. We confirm Khaddam did not seek the meeting, as there are many media outlets waiting to hold private interviews with him.
Sixth: Mr. Khaddam denies and confirms the incorrectness of the claim he made that the Syrian people will reconcile with Israel after the fall of the regime. The conclusive evidence in the meeting is clear from his saying: The new regime in Syria will be a democratic system and the priority will be rebuilding Syria. Mr. Khaddam also expressed his belief that the Syrian people will commit to With the Arab Peace Initiative.
Seventh: Mr. Khaddam confirms that he made clear criticisms of the American position regarding the situation in Syria and the Syrian regime, and confirms that there are no direct or indirect contacts with the American, European, or Turkish administration. These criticisms were stressed by Mr. Khaddam in his interview with Spanish television, Al Hurra Channel, and Japanese television. Reuters, Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, and other Arab media outlets in private interviews last Wednesday, May 11, 2011, in Brussels.
Ninth: Some websites reported that the Syrian journalist Fahd Al-Masry was the one who arranged the meeting between Khaddam and (Israeli TV). We confirm that there is no truth at all to those allegations, and his appearance in the television recording was in his journalistic capacity, and we confirm that Mr. Ziad Darwish is directly responsible for arranging the meeting. .
