China calls on U.S. to immediately stop plundering Syria’s national resources

BEIJING, Jul.20, (ST)- The United States should immediately stop plundering Syria’s national resources, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Wednesday.

Wenbin’s remarks came at a press conference when he was asked to comment on reports that U.S. occupation forces recently transferred oil stolen from Syria to the north of Iraq, with Syrian officials condemning the United States and its allies for acting just like pirates.

The U.S. military still occupies the main grain- and oil-producing areas in Syria, looting and plundering Syrian national resources, worsening the local humanitarian crisis, Wang said, adding that some Syrians have described the presence of the United States in Syria as a form of terrorism, according to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA).

Wang said that the United States has always boasted about its so-called highest standards on human rights and the rule of law, but the U.S. actions in Syria prove that it actually fails in these aspects.

“The United States should respect Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, respond to the calls of the Syrian people, immediately lift unilateral sanctions against Syria, immediately stop plundering Syria’s national resources, and make up for the harm caused to the Syrian people with concrete actions”, Wang said.

Basma Qaddour