阿薩德：消滅恐怖分子後可政治解決敘利亞問題

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad reiterated his focus on eliminating the threat of terrorists in his country, saying Sunday that would lead to the political solution that Syrians seek to the crisis they have endured for more than four and a half years.

Assad met with a group of Russian lawmakers and other officials in Damascus, and the state-run SANA news agency said the president stressed that taking out terrorist groups would preserve Syria's sovereignty and its territorial integrity.

One member of the Russian delegation, lawmaker Alexander Yushchenko, relayed that Assad said he was prepared to take part in a new presidential election, as well as holding a vote for parliament, if that is what the Syrian people want.

Assad is serving his third term as president after he was elected for another seven years last year. That vote was held only in areas controlled by the government and was boycotted by the opposition. Assad won 89 percent of the vote.敘利亞總統阿薩德再次強調，他的主要目標是清肅敘利亞的恐怖分子威脅。他星期天說，這樣將能導致敘利亞人民謀求的以政治方案化解人們忍受了四年半的危機。

阿薩德會見了一些俄羅斯議員和其他官員。敘利亞官方通訊社說，阿薩德總統強調，肅清地面上的恐怖分子將保護敘利亞的主權和領土完整。

俄羅斯議員尤什欽科說，阿薩德說，如果敘利亞人民有這樣的意願，他願意參加新的總統選舉，並舉行議會選舉。

阿薩德去年連任總統，開始第四個爲期7年的任期。投票只在政府控制區進行，反對派抵制了選舉。阿薩德贏得89%的選票。