Syrian ambassador backs India on Kashmir, calling it an internal matter that ‘the government has the right to solve in any manner’

Syria has firmly backed India???s position on Kashmir, saying the issue is an internal matter for the country and New Delhi has the right to solve it in any manner it chooses. Syrian ambassador to India Dr Riad Kamel Abbas told Mail Today that the problem between India and Pakistan has to be resolved by the two countries under the Shimla convention without any external assistance. Abbas said Syria???s position on the issue has been different from other countries in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which has taken the opposite view.Syrian ambassador to India Dr Riad Kamel Abbas said the problem between India and Pakistan has to be solved by the two countries without any external assistance +1Syrian ambassador to India Dr Riad Kamel Abbas said the problem between India and Pakistan has to be solved by the two countries without any external assistanceUpbeat about minister of state for external affairs MJ Akbar???s visit to Damascus, where he met Syrian president Bashar Al Asad, Abbas said the two countries can learn from each other in tackling terrorism. Both Syria and India are facing cross-border terrorism, he said. ???What is going on in Kashmir is first step of terrorism. The government of India has the right to solve it in any manner,??? he said. The ambassador claimed that there is enormous scope for improving economic ties between Damascus and New Delhi. Syria is looking up to India for assistance in re-building the war-ravaged country.Abbas said he will be leading a delegation of Indian business persons to Syria to explore investment opportunities. The delegation will include representatives from the petroleum, electrical, information technology, and hospitals industries. Talking about the situation in Syria, the ambassador said his government can send jihadis seeking Jihad Al Nikah, the sexual jihad, to hell within a month if cross-border terrorism is stopped and their funding is blocked. He said that t