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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cOur goal is to strengthen our ties and relations with Syria as today, we stand together and we unify our efforts to build a better world where justice prevails,\u201d Byneveldt said.<\/p>\n
He talked about South Africa\u2019s bitter experience during the apartheid rule and how it was able to overcome that experience.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe realize that healing the wounds of the past needs to exert long-term efforts and to celebrate the national reconciliation day as a part of our joint efforts to liberate ourselves from the past\u2026We are determined not to allow that phase return\u2026The story of South Africa will simply remain a story of hope\u201d, the ambassador added.<\/p>\n
For his part, Minister of State for National Reconciliation Affairs Dr. Ali Haidar said that the dream has come true in South Africa thanks to the men of peace and reconciliation who struggled to achieve that dream, considering that the \u201creconciliation has been the basis of the country\u2019s renaissance and of spreading peace and the values of freedom and justice.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Haidar referred to the role of the late South African leader Nelson Mandela who adopted the project of the cessation of armed hostilities despite of what he faced of injustice to become an effective participant in the constitution of South Africa, hailing his noble stances towards the international issues, particularly the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n
Reconciliation and peacebuilding are the things that helped South Africa move towards the civil state which is based on the principles of citizenship and equality for all, Minister Haider added.<\/p>\n
The deliberations of the participants in the activity focused on that the problem in the reconciliation process in Syria lies in non-Syrian members of terrorist organizations, who practice terrorist acts that prevent the completion of the reconciliation processes.<\/p>\n