The Ministry of Information

 

Thursday afternoon the Syrian Ministry of Information, Mohsen Bilal, met with a group of Americans students to discuss issues facing the region…or so we thought.

After an initial meet and greet in Bilal’s office, the Minister, students, and teachers were led through the halls of the Syrian television and radio communications building into a press conference.

Much to everyone’s surprises the Minister, along with professor Sullivan, sat at the head of the room full of student journalists (us) and Syrian journalists, along with Syrian television.

Bilal began the meeting by saying, “We consider the great people of the United States a friend to us and to all people of the world. The United States is a great country and a superpower country.”

Bilal told the Americans that they were all welcome in Syria and that he wants to reach a point of peace, love and understanding. “Terrorism has no religion, race, or nationality. It is a disease against all of us.”

He went on to say, as they all have, that there is one party responsible for poverty, destruction, and the non-security in the country. “We are suffering from occupation, it is our illness.”

Although the United Nations is responsible for stability in the whole globe, it is clear that the United States is also critical in that stabilization.

In response to more than one very loaded question Professor Sullivan maintained poise and eloquence when responding by saying, “The entire world suffers from an occupation of injustice.”

He went on to point out that fact that quality of leadership throughout the world needs improvement.

After the continuing rhetoric about who is to blame for the problems in the country, Minister Bilal said that the only means of peace is a two state solution. Since both sides have agreed to this term at one point or another, it remains hopeful that one day this may actually happen.

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