Malaysia has no immediate plans to repatriate around 50 Malaysians, including students, currently in Syria, says Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (Dec 18), Mohamad, who is popularly known as Tok Mat, assured that the situation in Syria remains peaceful and that Malaysia's Honorary Consul maintains daily communication with the students and their college authorities to ensure their safety and well-being.
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Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (Dec 18), Mohamad, who is popularly known as Tok Mat, assured that the situation in Syria remains peaceful and that Malaysia's Honorary Consul maintains daily communication with the students and their college authorities to ensure their safety and well-being.
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00:00Q. In Syria, has the DLN seen the actions of the Syrian militia?
00:08Yes, Syria now, as we know, the Bashar al-Assad government has been overthrown by those who have long opposed his government.
00:24And he appointed a temporary prime minister.
00:29Malaysia or foreign ministries monitor the situation and we hope that the most important thing is that security can be maintained in Syria.
00:40So that the newly appointed government strives to maintain security and security becomes a priority.
00:50The majority of Malaysians are students. There are more than 50 people there.
00:56We have our honorary consul, Dr. Samir, who is in daily contact with Wisma Putra and me.
01:06He takes pictures and videos of our students.
01:08And our students there are in good health, safe, enough food, and they all sit in their respective colleges.
01:17And our honorary consul is in daily contact with them and with the colleges.
01:24So that the safety of Malaysian students in Syria is always monitored daily, God willing.
01:33There is no longer any desire for us to bring them back.
01:39Because the situation looks good there, calm, but we don't have a proper government yet.
01:46And they seem to be trying to maintain security.
01:51So we hope that this will continue to be maintained.
01:56What we regret is that there are parties who took the opportunity in the current state of the Syrian government,
02:03which is not a good government yet, namely the Zionist regime once again took the opportunity
02:11to expand their area, especially up to 40 kilometers into the Golan Heights.
02:20This violates the 1974 agreement where they withdrew from the Golan Heights and made it a safe area.
02:29But it seems that they have invaded the area.
02:34And they invaded areas that they said were weapons storage areas.
02:40That's beside the point.
02:42But the fact that the Zionist regime has broken the agreement and they are invading a foreign country.
02:50Syria is a free country.
02:53And their entry into the Golan Heights is an act of aggression that violates international law.
03:02And we ask and we want them to immediately withdraw from those areas
03:08and no longer expand the area that they say is a safe area for them.
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