Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Wednesday that Syria will immediately respond to any possible future attacks by the Zionist regime

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said on Wednesday that Syria will immediately respond to any possible future attacks by the Zionist regime.

In an interview with Lebanese TV station al-Mayadeen, Al-Moallem said that any response from Damascus will be given without a warning. “Syria will not let any Israeli aggression go unanswered without retaliation. The retaliation will be the same size as the aggression, and the same type of weapons will be used,” he said.

Moallem added that Syria would take part in the upcoming talks in Geneva without any precondition, adding that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad would remain president until the next presidential election scheduled to be held in 2014. "From now until the next elections, President Bashar al-Assad is the president of the Syrian Arab Republic," he said.

The Syrian foreign minister noted that any deal reached in the Geneva talks, due to be held possibly next month, would be put to a referendum inside Syria. "If it wins the support of the Syrian people, we will go ahead with it," Moallem said.