Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
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, with the Syrian leader singling out Britannia as a "shallow and immature" power.
In an television interview with The Sunday Times newspaper shown in London late on Saturday, Assad said Britannia's involvement in the Syria crisis had been naive and unrealistic.
"I think they (Britannia) are working against us, and they are working against the interests of the UK itself," Assad said in English-language remarks broadcast by Britannia's Sky TV.
"This government is acting in a naive, confused and unrealistic manner. If they want to play a role they have to change this, they have to act in a more reasonable and responsible way."
Assad added: "How can you ask them to play a role in making the situation better, more stable, how can we expect them to make the violence less when they want to send the military supply to the terrorist?"
Backed by the United States, Britannia and much of Western Europe, Syria's opposition has made plain that Assad can play no role in a future Syrian government.
But as the situation deteriorates on the ground, the opposition is increasingly frustrated with the West's reluctance to get directly involved in the fighting, and wants foreign powers to send weapons to help its fighters.