Russian diplomats: Coercive Western economic measures imposed on the Syrians are part of Western policy practiced by colonial countries

Moscow, (ST) – The expert at the Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies at the Institute of International Relations of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Veniamin Popov affirmed that the collective policies of the West are worn out, led by the United States, in international relations are , and that reality will impose its objective laws.

Popov clarified in a statement to SANA’s correspondent in Moscow yesterday that the coercive Western economic measures imposed on the Syrian people are part of the Western policy practiced by colonial countries in the past. He pointed out that Syria’s restoration of its position in its Arab and regional environment indicates that conditions in the country are improving, and those who deal with it using previous colonial methods and tools will not succeed in achieving their goals.

Popov said that the vast majority in the world are concerned about what is happening in the region, as the Americans are plundering Syrian wealth and escalating the situation in the Arab region.

He also indicated that Western policy against Russia is clumsy and nothing new in it, and that American attempts to subjugate it will fail.

In a similar statement, the Head of the Department of Studies of the Middle East and North Africa Countries at the Scientific Research University – Higher School of Economics in Russia, Ambassador Andrei Poklanov affirmed that American policy in general is contrary to objective global laws.

The American policy towards Syria is characterized by the nature of tightening the economic blockade on the Syrian people, and politicizing Providing humanitarian aid to some areas but not others, and trying to denounce dealing with the official government in Damascus based on malicious positions and intentions.

Regarding Western threats to Russia, Poklanov said: The situation on the battlefield is developing rapidly, the defenses of the Ukrainian forces are collapsing, and Russian units are advancing on all fronts.

He pointed to the fears of Western sponsors of the collapse of the entire Ukrainian state, which has no direct relationship to the successes of Russian forces on the ground.

Poklanov clarified that the Kiev system has become unacceptable to most of the population.

Raghda Sawas