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First entry: Sunday, September 27, 2020, 05:52 am
In his speech to the UN General Assembly, the Syrian Foreign Minister accused Turkey of being the main sponsor of regional terrorism and said that Syria would do everything possible to end the illegal presence of Turkish and US forces in Syrian soil. .
In his videotaped message to the General Assembly, Syrian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem also attacked the US administration of President Trump, accusing it of attempting to suffocate the Syrian people by imposing sanctions, “just as it did with the the rest”. they are brutally suffocating in the United States. “
New US sanctions, which took effect in June under the so-called Caesar Act, further crippled the already collapsed economy of the war-torn country, preventing foreign companies from doing business with Damascus.
Muallem compared the effect of the sanctions to the death of Floyd, an African American who lost his life when a white police officer knelt around his neck in Minneapolis in late May.
“The true purpose of (Caesar’s) Law is to put pressure on Syrians, their livelihood and their daily lives.” It is an inhumane attempt to suffocate Syrians like George Floyd and others who were brutally asphyxiated in America. “
In June, Russia also made an indirect reference to Floyd’s death, which sparked historic protests in the United States and around the world, and Moscow denounced US policy against Iran and said it was like “kneeling.” The neck of the country.
Washington says the sanctions are aimed at slashing Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s government revenue and forcing it to return to UN-sponsored talks to end the multi-year war.
The Assad regime’s crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 2011 led to a civil war, with Moscow backing Assad and Washington backing the opposition.
“Turkey, main sponsor of regional terrorism”
In his speech, the Syrian Foreign Minister also stated that Damascus is determined to end the US and Turkish “occupation” of Syrian territory.
“There are those who invest, support and fuel terrorism, moving terrorists from one region to another and from one country to another, all in the service of their dubious agenda. Clearly, when it comes to sponsors and funders of terrorism, the current Turkish regime prevails. The Turkish regime is one of the main sponsors of terrorism in Syria and the region. “It has facilitated the passage of tens of thousands of foreign terrorists to Syria and continues to provide all forms of support to the Al-Nusra Front and allied terrorist organizations. who have massacred Syrians. “
He also stressed that the delivery of medical equipment to Syria has been blocked and internal efforts to combat terrorism in the country are hampered. “The oil wells are being looted,” he said, adding that access to food, heating, gas and electricity was blocked for the Syrian people.
“The continued illegal presence of US and Turkish forces on Syrian soil is a legal occupation.” The Syrian Arab Republic will do everything possible to end this occupation in any way possible under international law.
Source: ΑΠΕ
