Tehran: Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi Thursday hailed “brave” Syrians and Palestinians for their struggle against oppression by Syrian regime and Israel.
Addressing the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran, Mursi said that Egypt is “ready” to aid and help the Syrian revolution, contrary to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ignored the Syrian conflict in his opening speech.
He said that the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad has lost legitimacy and the international community must work to stop the bloodshed in the country.
“Our solidarity with the struggle of the Syrian people against an oppressive regime that has lost its legitimacy is an ethical duty as it is a political and strategic necessity,” he said.
The Egyptian leader also said that it is not “acceptable” that none of the African nations have permanent membership in the U.N. Security Council, which he urged for it to be more.
The Syrian delegation, meanwhile, left the non-aligned meeting when Mursi criticized the Syrian government. After the end of the summit, regime of President Bashar al-Assad said in a statement that Mursi is inciting violence in Syria when he criticized Damascus.
According to Independent estimates, more than 20, 000 people have been killed in Syria after a popular uprising against the President Bashar-al-Assad.
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