Syrian Foreign Minister on Wednesday rejected foreign intervention in his country’s internal affairs, while stressing Damascus is keen to maintain good ties with longtime ally Turkey.

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad (left), Turkish PM Recep Tayyib Erdogan (right.)

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Wednesday rejected foreign intervention in his country's internal affairs, while stressing Damascus is keen to maintain good ties with longtime ally Turkey.

"We are keen on maintaining good relations with Turkey with which we share a common border of 850 kilometers," Muallem told a press conference in Damascus.

"We don't want to wipe away years of efforts to establish privileged ties," he added. "I wish (Turkey) would reconsider its position."

Muallem, however, stressed that his country would not tolerate any foreign interference in its internal affairs. "We (the Syrian people and regime) can reach consensus despite opposing points of view," he said. "No one outside (Syria) can impose on us their point of view."

He said he did not believe the international community would launch a military operation against Syria.

Muallem also accused his French counterpart Alain Juppe of having colonial "illusions."

"Mr. Juppe is still living under the illusions of the French colonial era. He has no influence in Syrian affairs," the foreign minister said.

In the same context, Muallem added that Syria regarded EU sanctions as a "war" against Damascus.

In Luxembourg on Monday, "outraged" European ministers agreed to beef up sanctions on Assad Syrian regime. European Union foreign ministers also angrily demanded action at the United Nations and slammed Russia's resistance to any such move.

Pro Assad regime demonstration in Syria; June 21, 2011.

The Syrian Foreign Minister categorically denied, as well, any interference from neither Iran nor Hezbollah, pointing out for their political support to overtake the current crisis.

“We receive political support to pass the crisis and boost Assad-led reforms, however there isn’t any military support on the ground,” he stressed.

Muallem revealed that there is no communications between Syria and Israel, where the latter “is turning the events going in Syria to its own account,” he concluded.

Assad on Tuesday ordered a new general amnesty, a day after an offer of "national dialogue" to end the deadly unrest and as a huge crowd rallied in Damascus in his support.