Bashar al-Assad
"The Salafi come to power if it falls on the regime of President Assad and spell the beginning of a war in Syria and other countries too," Makhlouf said in an interview with media Western.
The Syrian authorities accused armed Salafi groups that receive support from abroad, have led to popular revolts in mid-March in the country.
, and told the Ministry of Interior of Syria, the Salafi call for an "armed insurrection to create a Salafist emirate." In this situation, calls on West Makhlouf not push very much to the Syrian leadership.
The Salafi (Islamic principles) come to power in Syria if it drops the current regime of President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday his cousin Rami Makhlouf quoted by the online edition of "Al Bawaba.
Rami Makhlouf, who serves as counselor to President Bashar al-Assad, is a prominent businessman and owner of the largest telecommunications company in Syria, "Syriatel." The U.S. imposed economic sanctions against Syria in 2008 extend also to Rami Makhlouf.
Meanwhile, the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU, Catherine Ashton, said today "be prepared to exercise the greatest possible political pressure" on Syria, which do not stop the clashes between demonstrators and police.
"I'm willing to exercise the greatest possible political pressure on Syria," said Ashton when addressing the European Parliament plenary session in Strasbourg.
The EU urges the Syrian authorities to end the violence and bring political reform to restore peace and security in the country.
popular revolts in Syria erupted in mid-March after police stopped at the town of Dera to various schools for writing slogans on walls.
Hundreds of people took to the streets to demand the release of the school. Shortly after the protests spread to other regions.
Clashes between police and demonstrators demanding the resignation of Bashar al-Assad and caused over 500 casualties in the past two months, according to the opposition.
Viejo Condor
RIA Novosti (SIC)
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