The Russian Foreign Ministry warned against politicizing the issue of delivering humanitarian aid to Syria, noting that this mechanism is being used by some Western countries to achieve political purposes in contradiction with the principle of respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.
A statement by the ministry published on its website last night said: “The situation in Syria has changed radically during the six years since the establishment of the delivery mechanism for humanitarian aid, and the Syrian government has recovered the largest part of the country’s territory and it is actively contributing to providing assistance to its citizens, so Russia believes that it is not It is worthwhile to extend this temporary and emergency measure, the mechanism of delivering humanitarian aid indefinitely.
The statement pointed out that the deliberations that took place in United Nations Security Council on the eleventh of July in this regard showed that there are problems among Western countries with respect to respecting the rules and principles of international humanitarian law and this is confirmed once again by these countries’ attempts to use the delivery mechanism of humanitarian aid in addition to the procedures The unilateral coercion that imposed a circumvention on the Security Council was extended, in contrast to UN Secretary-General‘s call to alleviate it in the pandemic of Corona Virus pandemic in order to increase the suffering of the Syrians.
The Russian Foreign Ministry statement expressed the hope that the humanitarian aid mechanism will not be politicized and delivered during the next stage to all regions in Syria in coordination with its government.
Ambassador Hussam El-Din Ala, the permanent representative of Syria to United Nations Office in Geneva, confirmed yesterday the day that the recent insistence of Western countries in the Security Council to deliver humanitarian aid to the areas of the existence of terrorist groups through illegal border crossings confirms the extent of politicization that surrounds the positions of these countries again The Syrian government responds to the humanitarian needs of its citizens throughout the Syrian territory and by facilitating the delivery of aid from inside Syria and through legitimate border crossings, consistent with the decisions governing the work of the United Nations humanitarian agencies.
Source : Sana
