Suleiman Contacts Assad: Bombings Aren’t Proper Way to Reach Democracy

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President Michel Suleiman telephoned on Thursday his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad to condemn the twin Damascus explosions that took place earlier in the day.

He told Assad: “Bombings that have cost the lives of several civilians are not the proper way to achieve democracy.”

“The only way to reach democracy lies in national dialogue, where issues can be discussed soundly and calmly through civilized means,” he stressed.

These talks must ensure that the interests of Syria and its people are set above all others, remarked the president.

Two powerful blasts struck Damascus during morning rush hour on Thursday, killing at least 40 people, wounding dozens.

Suleiman had held talks earlier on Thursday with visiting Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, who is in Lebanon to take part in the Arab Economic Forum.

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Missing allouchi almost 12 years

Mr. ask the killer Assad about our dead and kidnapped countrymen and women at the hand of his regime.

Missing helicopter almost 12 years

Maybe so, but either titles would solicit same response. Bombing liquor stores and kidnapping priest for baptizing a 24 year old Muslim woman is not how democracy works either. And there is million things that happen daily in Lebanon that needs to be condemned as well (such as having a Psuedo Governemnet that was put togetther by black-shirt brigades.

Thumb bigsami almost 12 years

Candle-Thrower and aliases....your good at regularly blasting naharnet for their articles, so why do you keep showing your ugly face here? You can easily see all your posts are massively rated 'thumbs way down" and you still come back for more. What a pathetic loner.....!

Missing peace almost 12 years

the devils are the hezbi members and supporters like you....not the chia , don t misinterpret things just to suit your propaganda....

Default-user-icon Neal (Guest) almost 12 years

and here i thought killing Innocent people and bombing and terrorism was the proper way to democracy , thanks you Mr. president for clarifying this for us Dah

Default-user-icon Skyfall (Guest) almost 12 years

@ Flamethrower, i agree with you that anywhere in the muslim world abduction of priests have happened in those kind of cases. But yet again, it is Hezbollah who has given back the priest and not the lebanese security forces or army, which proves the state has 0 power to implement security. As for the lebanese people shot or dead at our borders? is that fair? you people seem to have forgotten what syrians did to Lebanon for 30 years. Thank god there was the REAL lebanese resistance that resisted and made them pay for this. Other than them, march 14th condemns but cannot do anything as usual, march8th are bootlickers. Amazing 2 politic camps we have. Either way our people are dying and beeing mistreated and they are doing nothing. But dont worry it wont be too long now. opression brings hate and the lebanese state protecting syria from its own lebanese citizens will bring its doom.

Default-user-icon aboreke (Guest) almost 12 years

is that the only two words you know?

Default-user-icon Truth (Guest) almost 12 years

Shooting youngsters in their knee caps isn't a way to reach democracy. Bombing down mosques over prayers heads isn't a way to reach democracy. Collective family murders isn't a way to reach democracy. Shooting on mourning crowds isn't best testimony to democracy. The Assad regime has illustrated over time, the most evil and barbarous way to hold on to power, ever since Staline !