Syria said on Wednesday it will send official delegation to take part in peace conference aimed at ending Syria crisis.

Syria said on Wednesday it will send official delegation to take part in peace conference aimed at ending Syria crisis.

It also responded to talks that President Bashar al-Assad has no role in the future, stressing that the “era of colonialism has gone forever.”

A foreign ministry source said Damascus “will participate in the conference with an official delegation representing the Syrian state that will be provided with the directions of President Bashar al-Assad.”

 In response to the statements of “French and British foreign ministers and their Arab tools” that Assad has no role to play in the transitional stage, the source reminded those sides that there is no return to the period of appointing and discharging governments, official news agency, SANA, reported.

"Therefore, what they need is to wake up from their dreams; otherwise if they insisted on these delusions, there is no need for them to attend Geneva 2 conference," said the foreign ministry source.

"Our people won't allow anybody whomsoever to steal their exclusive right to determining their future and leadership," the source added, noting that the core of Geneva 2 conference is "to meet the demands of the Syrian people alone and not the interests of those who have shed the blood of this people".

The source asserted that the official Syrian delegation will be going to Geneva "not to hand over authority to anybody, but to take part in making Syria's future along with those who are keen on the Syrian people's interest and supportive of the political solution."
“Otherwise it will be useless for them to attend Geneva II,” the source added.