Foreign Ministry: So-called (safe zone) is an aggressive colonial act

Damascus, (ST) –  Syria affirmed that what the Turkish regime is doing to establish the so-called (safe zone) is an aggressive colonial act through which the government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan seeks to create an explosive outpost inside Syria in order to continue sponsoring, arming and operating armed terrorist organizations to be used against the Syrian people.

Syria also stressed that any measure taken by this regime on Syrian territories is illegal and does not have any legal or realistic effect, and even amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates sent a letter to both the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the President of the Security Council saying that, what the Turkish regime is attempting to do in establishing a so-called “safe zone” Northern Syria is an act of aggression and is a colonial activity.

 The Foreign Ministry stressed in the letter that, Syria retains its right to take all necessary measures stipulated in the charter and international law in order to end the practices of aggression, occupation and ethnic cleansing perpetrated by the Turkish regime.

The Foreign Ministry stressed that any measures or activities practiced by the government of the Turkish regime on Syrian territories, foremost of which is its implementation of the policy of ethnic cleansing in the occupied Syrian territories are illegal. “These illegal measures are described as war crimes and crimes against humanity”, the ministry added.

The Foreign Ministry also stressed that Syria’s sovereignty, independence, safety and territorial integrity should not be a blackmail and negotiation card between a radical political regime that rules Turkey and threatens regional and international peace and security, and the colonial NATO, which seeks, irresponsibly to expand the circle of conflict to extend to this region of the world.

The Foreign Ministry warned the governments of the countries participating in the dangerous Turkish project, as well as individuals and non-governmental and international organizations, of the legal consequences resulting from engaging in financing projects and programs implemented by the Turkish occupation government on the occupied Syrian territories. It stressed that, the Foreign Ministry retains its right to take the necessary legal measures to ensure accountability, prosecution and compensation derived from the practices perpetrated by the Turkish side and every occupying power.

The Foreign Ministry also warned the agents of the American occupation in the north-east of the country against giving any fake excuses to the Turkish regime to justify its colonial policies and schemes in Syria.

At the conclusion of the letter, the Foreign Ministry called on the United Nations and member states to pursue this dangerous issue with all seriousness and not to respond or remain silent about the extortionary practices of the Turkish regime. It demanded the Secretary General of the UN take into consideration the dangerous impact of these practices on his endeavors and those of his Syria’s Special Envoy.

Raghda Sawas