Foreign Ministry: Turkish role in Syria Destructive

DAMASCUS,(ST)-In two identical letters sent on Friday to president of the UN Security Council and UN Secretary General  by the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry on the Turkish destructive role in the crisis in Syria, the ministry underscored that the Turkish government continues its blatant intervention in Syria’s internal affairs-directly and indirectly-

“this intervention violates the spirit and letter of the UN Charter ,international law principles and laws that govern relations between nations and that simply leads to a threat to peace and security in the region and the world as well, “affirmed the ministry.

“the Turkish government has escalated its hostile stances against Syria through hindering the execution of the political program proposed by President Bashar Al-Assad that follows by adopting practical steps by the Syrian government to make the program as a peaceful political solution to the ongoing crisis in Syria .Turkey also put pressures on some parties of the Syrian opposition to reject the said project, “underlined the ministry.

At the same time, the ministry added, Turkey  built on its soil centers for gathering ,harboring ,funding ,arming, and smuggling terrorist groups including al-Qaeda and Al-Nusra Front essentially and other terrorist groups .

Besides, Turkey allows these groups to infiltrate into Syrian lands ,supporting and justifying publically  their destructive terrorist acts including killing innocent people ,systematically sabotaging of the infrastructure, public facilities ,plants, public and private establishments .

“based on laws and principles of the international law that define international relations  including good-neighborly among states  ,the Turkish acts constitute an open and clear violation to the international law .Un Charter –Paragraph 4-Article 2provides for: recalling the duty of states to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state ,or in any other manner inconsistent with the purpose of the United Nations, added the ministry.

The ministry also said that the Turkish government violates the UN Security Council  Resolution No.1373-2001 especially the following two paragraphs:(f):take appropriate measures in conformity with the relevant provisions of national and international law ,including international standards of human rights ,before gaining refugee status ,for the purpose of ensuring that the asylum-seeker has not planned ,facilitated or participated in the commission of terrorist acts;(g):ensure, in conformity with international law ,that refugee status is not abused by the perpetrators ,organizers or facilitators of terrorist acts ,and that claims of political motivation are not recognized as grounds for refusing requests for the extradition of alleged terrorists.

The ministry also said that in accordance with the UN Charter: No state or group of states has the right to intervene ,directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or external affairs of any other state. Consequently ,armed intervention and all other forms of interference or  attempted threats against the personality of the state or against its political ,economic and cultural elements ,are in violation of international law.

The ministry said ,according to the UN Charter:”Every state has an in alienable right to choose its political, economic ,social and cultural systems, without interference in any form by another state,”.

“the Turkish government’s determination to violate the international law principles requires  a rapid response from the international community to prevent Turkey ,regional and international sides that hatch conspiracies against Syria from aggression against it .Furthermore, to compel them halt their intervention in Syria’s internal affairs and violating its sovereignty and stopping arming, funding and training terrorists .

“Syrian government reiterated its respect to the friendly people of Turkey, taking into account that the acts of some countries especially Turkey are sparing no effort to foil the serious steps taken by the Syrian government to materialize the political program as regards solving the crisis in Syria through halting violence as a priority towards holding the national dialogue, achieving reconciliation, rebuilding the infrastructure, regaining security and stability to Syria and the entire region  and keeping peace and security internationally as well, ‘the ministry concluded.

M.D