Al-Jazira, Euphrates Archbishop: Foreign countries aim to create distinction among region's components 

A delegation from the Office of Religions and Beliefs Affairs in al-Jazira region visited the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of al-Jazira and the Euphrates, Saint Morris, in the city of al-Hasakah to congratulate him on Christmas.

The delegation included the co-presidency of the Office of Religions Affairs in al-Jazira region Jubair Sheikh Suleiman, Sanaa Farou, and Dawood Abdel Ahad Dawood, member of the Religions Relations Office Mohammed Sheikh Mohammed, in addition to members of the Democratic Islamic Conference and the Religions Forum in North and East Syria.

In the Syriac Orthodox Church of Saint Gerges located in the central market, the delegation was received by the Syriac Orthodox Archbishop of al-Jazira and the Euphrates Saint Morris.

During the meeting, the co-chair of the Religions Affairs Office, Jubeir Sheikh Suleiman, noted that the aim of the visit is to express congratulations on the occasion of Christmas, saying: "We seek rapprochement among all components to be support for each other in all adversities, and stand against the attacks that target the region and the coexisting components under the democratic project and peoples' fraternity."

For his part, the co-chair of the Islamic Democratic Conference in North and East Syria, Sheikh Mohammed Kharzi, explained that it is their duty to spread love and provide assistance to all components to build peace and achieve security and stability for peoples, and said: "We have to make all efforts to build dialogue because this method is the only way through which peoples reconcile, and we want door to dialogue always be open to reach the truth."

While Archbishop Saint Morris expressed his joy at visiting of the Religions Affairs Office to them, explaining that their visit has become a  festival for them, and called on all components to spread love among the world.

Saint Morris affirmed that foreign countries seek to achieve their interests and agendas in the region, saying: "Their goal is to create a distinction among all components of the region, and they want us to become like chessmen."

After completing the meeting, the delegation of the Religions Affairs Office went to the roundabout of the Assyrian Church located in Tel Hajar neighborhood, where the co-chair of the Office of Religions Affairs in Al-Jazira region, Sana Farou, read a statement in which she appealed to the international community to stop the Turkish aggression against the region, and it included:

"The cities of Ain Issa, Tel Tamer, Afrin, in addition to their Yazidi villages and others are under constant bombardment by the Turkish state and its terrorist groups, and many innocent civilians, including children, women and elderly people are left as victims, many civilian homes are destroyed, terrorizing and kidnapping them, in addition to seizing their homes.

The only motive for the Turkish state is to antagonize the achievements taking hold in these areas, and the co-existence of all components of north and east Syria in a democratic  autonomous  administration which establishes a pluralistic, democratic Syria.

The Turkish state fears that this experiment will transfer to its lands and pose a threat to the tyrant in it, so the Turkish government has gathered all the terrorist factions from the diaspora to shell safe cities and occupy some of them day and night, and try to occupy more. It is the human duty of every jealous person to stand in the way of this unjust aggression..

We call on the United Nations and the coalition forces to immediately intervene to stop the destructive aggression against human beings and structures by the Turkish state and terrorist factions, and for the Islamic, Christian and Yazidi religious institutions to fulfill their duty and direct the call to the Turkish state to stop the brutal aggression, and the Syrian government and its ally Russia must do their duty in order to preserve the Syrian cities from the terrorists affiliated with the Turkish state."

D.H

ANHA