France has welcomed the end of President Bashar al-Assad’s rule in Syria.
After thirteen years of extremely violent oppression of his own people, he leaves behind a country largely emptied of its people – either because they went into exile or were slaughtered, tortured and bombed with chemical weapons by the regime and its government. allies, the Foreign Ministry said in Paris on Sunday.
The Syrians have suffered too much, the statement continued.
At the same time, the ministry called for a peaceful political transition that respects the preservation of state institutions, Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as the diversity of the Syrian people.
Furthermore, France urges all Syrians to unity, reconciliation and the rejection of all forms of extremism, the ministry continued.
French President Emmanuel Macron praised the courage and patience of the Syrian people in a message on X. “In this moment of uncertainty, I wish them peace, freedom and unity,” he wrote. The barbarism is over, he added. France will continue to work for the security of everyone in the Middle East, Macron wrote.
