MONTREUX (Switzerland). Jan 22 (Interfax) - Syria will do all it can to defend itself regardless of the actions and statements by certain states, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Mualem said.
"I want to reiterate the fact that Syria will do whatever is necessary to defend itself, regardless of the actions and statements by other states," al-Mualem said at an international conference in Switzerland.
Other states should "stop supporting terrorists, lift the siege of Syria, lift the sanctions and start the process of political resolution of the Syrian problem," he said.
"What can you offer? I am almost certain that for the future of Syria you have nothing except armed groups' actions," al-Mualem said, addressing the Syrian opposition representatives who were present at the conference.