Una conferenza per “salvare” la Siria è stata indetta per il 23 settembre prossimo a Damasco dalle opposizioni in patria tollerate dal regime. Lo riferisce il Comitato di coordinamento nazionale (Ccn) principale piattaforma di dissidenti a Damasco, al termine dell’incontro col ministro degli esteri cinese.
Haytham Mannaa (foto), membro del Ccn in Francia, si è recato in Cina per incontrare il responsabile della politica estera di Pechino. Al termine dei colloqui, Mannaa ha confermato che domenica prossima è prevista “la conferenza per salvare la Siria“, in vista di una riunione a Mosca tra rappresentanti delle opposizioni e del regime siriano.
L’incontro di Mosca non è stato però ancora definito. La stessa conferenza di Damasco era stata inizialmente annunciata per il 12 settembre scorso ma il Ccn aveva annullato l’appuntamento a causa dell’assenza di garanzie da parte delle autorità sull’immunità a oppositori e dissidenti giunti dall’estero.
Dal canto suo, il Consiglio nazionale siriano (Cns), principale piattaforma di oppositori all’estero e in rotta col Ccn giudicato troppo compromissorio con il regime, ha da tempo annunciato che non intende più cercare un dialogo col presidente Bashar al Assad e che quindi non parteciperà a nessuna conferenza in cui ci siano membri del regime. Di oggi l’intervista al suo presidente, il curdo Abdel Basset Sida.
Tre membri della delegazione del CCN, provenienti da Pechino, sono stati sequestrati questa mattina dagli agenti segreti dell’Aeronautica siriana non appena arrivati a Damasco. Si tratta di Abdelaziz al-Khayer, capo dell’Ufficio Esteri del CCN, di Iyas A’yash, del Comitato Esecutivo del CCN e leader del Movimento Socialista Arabo e di Maher Tahan, membro del CCN. Di seguito, il comunicato del Comitato di Coordinamento Nazionale.
Urgent Statement by the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria on the disappearance of Abdelaziz al-Khayer, Iyas Ayash and Maher Tahan
Today, Thursday the 20th, 5 members of the NCB’s delegation to the People’s Republic of China returned to Damascus. They left Damascus International Airport at 5 pm and boarded of two cars, only one of which arrived to its intended destination. We have since lost communications with the other car. Inside of it were Dr. Abdelaziz al-Khayer -Head of the NCB Foreign Affairs Office-, Iyas A’yash -Member of the NCB Executive Committee and a leading figure of the Arab Socialists Movement-, and the dear friend Maher Tahan -NCB member- who kindly went to welcome them from the airport. The NCB and the families of the three men have lost all forms of contact with them.
The NCB immediately started calling all relevant bodies to check upon the whereabouts and wellbeing of the passengers in the car, however no information has been obtained, nor does the NCB know anything that can assure us of their fate or whereabouts of our dear members.
We at the NCB have postponed the release of this news, in hopes of finding out what happened. We have contacted several embassies and numerous national and Arabic personalities – Inside and outside the country-.
Any infringement on the freedom and safety of Iyas A’yash, Abdelaziz al-Khayer and Maher Tahan is an infringement on the concept of citizenship, and of the moral and political commitment to the Syrian citizen and their natural right to security, freedom and dignity.
We demand that whoever can put an end to the disappearance of these three civilians should act immediately in accordance with their national responsibility to respect other citizens and ensuring their freedom and safety. Any harm inflicted upon our partners, regardless of the party responsible, would be a wrongdoing inflicted upon Syria, its reputation, and its unity. In this terrible time of crisis, Syria needs these leading figures more than ever. They are a source of pride for every Syrian, regardless of political, geographical, or sectarian affiliations.
The National Coordination Body’s exile branch holds the kidnappers, whoever they be, complete responsiblity -ethically, legally, and politically- for any physical or mental harm done. We demand an explanation for the lack of communication, independently of the motives and reasons. We demand they be immediately released and returned safely to their families.
Eternity for our martyrs
Victory to our revolution for freedom and dignity
National Coordination Body’s Media Office / Exile Branch
20/9/2012