There's a difference between a mistake or even a crime that's been committed by an individual, and between a policy of crime that's been implemented or adopted by a government. Bashar al-Assad More Quotes by Bashar al-Assad More Quotes From Bashar al-Assad The armament of the government is legal armament. Any other armament is not legal. Bashar al-Assad armament government On the border area with Lebanon where [Hezbollah forces] want to protect themselves and cooperate with us, but they don't exist all over Syria. Bashar al-Assad hezbollah lebanon borders That's all before the crisis. We always have this kind of cooperation with Iran [Supplies, weaponry]. Bashar al-Assad cooperation iran kind We're not sure that if there's chemical weapon used and who used it. We can't talk about virtual things, we have to talk about facts. Bashar al-Assad chemicals weapons facts Our soldiers in another area were attacked chemically. Our soldiers - they went to the hospital as casualties because of chemical weapons, but in the area where they said the government used chemical weapons, we only had video and we only have pictures and allegations. We're not there ; our forces, our police, our institutions don't exist there. How can you talk about what happened if you don't have evidence ? Bashar al-Assad police government soldier We're not in the area where the alleged chemical attack happened. I said alleged. We're not sure that anything happened. Bashar al-Assad chemicals not-sure said We are against any WMD, any weapons of mass destruction, whether chemical or nuclear. Bashar al-Assad mass-destruction wmd nuclear We don't discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don't have it. It's a Syrian issue ; it's a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone. Bashar al-Assad issues weapons military At the end, killing is killing. Massacring is massacring. Bashar al-Assad killing ends As a state, as a government, in 2001 we proposed to the United Nations to empty or to get rid of every WMD in the Middle East, and the United States stood against that proposal. This is our conviction and policy. Bashar al-Assad wmd middle-east government The question is who threw chemicals on the same day on our soldiers. That's the same question. Technically, not the soldiers. Soldiers don't throw missiles on themselves. So, either the rebels, the terrorists, or a third party. We don't have any clue yet. Bashar al-Assad rebel party soldier The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it's a very primitive gas. So, it's not something complicated. Bashar al-Assad backyards done house The United States accused Syria, and because you accused you have to bring evidence [of chemical weapons], this first of all. We have to find evidences when we are there. Bashar al-Assad united-states weapons firsts In Aleppo we had the missile itself, and the material, and the sample from the sand, from the soil, and samples from the blood [of chemical weapons]. Bashar al-Assad soil weapons blood You cannot import anything from outside your country regarding the future of your country. Bashar al-Assad imports country Let's presume that a country or army has this weapon ; this kind of armaments cannot be used by infantry for example or by anyone. This kind of armament should be used by specialized units, so it cannot be in the hand of anyone. Bashar al-Assad army country hands My country and me, we are part of this region, we're not separated. We cannot discuss it as Syria or as me ; it should be as part, as a whole, as comprehensive. That's how we have to look at it. Bashar al-Assad should country looks You cannot be desperate when the army is making advances. That should have happened - if we take into consideration that this presumption is correct and this is reality - you use it when you're in a desperate situation. Bashar al-Assad desperate-situations army reality Israel has WMD, and it has to sign [chemical warfare agreement], and Israel is occupying our land, so that's we talked about the Middle East, not Syria, not Israel ; it should be comprehensive. Bashar al-Assad wmd israel agreement I don't have support. Not me ; all Syria. Every agreement is between every class and every sector in Syria ; government, people, trade, military, culture, everything ; it's like the cooperation between your country and any other country in the world. It's the same cooperation. It's not about me ; it's not support for the crisis. Bashar al-Assad government military country
