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Susan said the United Nations will participate in the conference as an observer. He added that the only country Syria did not invite to attend the conference is Turkey, noting that some countries were under pressure not to participate in the conference.
The international conference on the return of Syrian refugees will begin this Wednesday at the Palace of Conferences in Damascus, under Russian pressure, but in the absence of important and active countries, which makes it lose its importance and empty its meaning. The invitation extended by the Russian Defense Ministry is based on Russia’s statement that “the battles in Syria are over and the situation in the country has stabilized and conditions are ripe for the return of refugees.”
And the Chancellor of the European Union, Josep Borrell, announced on Tuesday that the countries of the European Union will not participate in the international conference on refugees and displaced persons.
Borrell added that the foreign ministers of several countries of the bloc and he himself received an invitation to participate in the conference. “The European Union and its member states will not attend this conference,” he added.
He said: “The priority at the present time is to make effective progress to create conditions for the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of refugees and displaced persons to their places of origin, in line with the criteria for the return of displaced persons in Syria. issued by the United Nations, and from this point of view, the conference is premature. “
“The current conditions in Syria are not conducive to large-scale voluntary return,” he said, adding that “the limited returns that have occurred illustrate the obstacles and threats that IDPs and refugees still face, especially forced recruitment. , arbitrary detention, forced disappearance, torture and physical and sexual violence “. Discrimination in housing and access to land and property.
For its part, Canada confirmed that it will not participate in the “refugee return conference.” And the “Canada and Syria” account, affiliated with the Canadian government, tweeted that Canada “will not attend the event organized by Russia and Syria on the return of refugees in Damascus.”
The tweet added that Canada “supports the safe, voluntary and dignified return of refugees,” noting that “the conditions for such a return to Syria do not exist.”
He added that the Office for Refugees of the National Coalition continues to record new cases of displacement and displacement in Syria, due to repeated cases of aggression by the Assad regime and its supporters against civilians in various regions.
Sheikho said that when communicating with Syrian refugees, it is clear that they have a strong desire to return to Syria and their adherence to their right to do so, but at the same time they openly express the impossibility of returning at this time until the Assad regime is released and his ongoing criminal practices against civilians.
The team of “Syrian Response Coordinators” also noted that the agreement requested by the conference, with Russia and the Syrian regime behind it, could not be achieved with the presence of Russian forces in Syria and the presence of the current leadership of the regime. Sirius.
He explained that the claim that the main objective of the conference is to return displaced Syrians and refugees to Syria is an attempt to float the Syrian regime internationally, which cannot be achieved in any way at this time.
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