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Syria Will NOT End Hizbullah, Hamas Ties

Syria Will NOT End Hizbullah, Hamas Ties
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Source: Al-Manar TV, 17-06-2006

Syria will not give up its ties with Hizbullah and Hamas, the Syrian Expatriate Minister, Buthaina Sha'aban, said Monday.

Speaking in a press conference during a visit to India, Sha'aban said "the ‘Israeli' demand that Syria shake off Hezbollah and Hamas as a condition for peace negotiations is like a demand that the US shake off its ties with ‘Israel'."

Sha'aban, considered a close ally of President Bashar Assad, said Damascus' ties with Hezbollah and Hamas are "a Syrian internal affair that no one should interfere with." She added that "Hizbullah and Hamas are not using violence. These are organizations opposing the occupation and working to prevent it."

Sha'ban was in India accompanying her president on a state visit there. She said Syria would "never give up on a centimeter" of the Golan Heights, but promised "we will seriously strive to achieve peace." Sha'aban claimed that "from Syria's experience, ‘Israel' always says something during negotiations and does something else on the ground. Are they serious?"

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