Damascus refuses to modify stance toward withdrawal from the Golan

Damascus has renewed its confirmations that it will not modify its stance toward an Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights to the June 4, 1967 borders and resuming negotiations from the point at which stopped, in light of achieving a just and comprehensive peace according to the Madrid conference terms of reference.

In its political commentary yesterday, Damascus radio said all conclusions and predictions that indicate that Damascus can modify its stance toward these two matters are false predictions with bad intentions.

Concerning this matter, it said the June 4, 1967 border is included in UN Security Council resolution 443, ratified by international legitimacy, and to which the former Israeli prime minister agreed, so the withdrawal became a determined matter.

It added that resuming negotiations is unquestionable because before they were stopped on 1996, they were only examining security matters after deciding the Syrian issue.