Al-Mikdad at NAM Summit: Syria Determined to liberate every inch of it territories from terrorism, illegal foreign troops
BAKU, (ST)- The most important threat facing the world of today is the expansion of terrorism at the regional and international level with the support, funding and arming of some countries that are well-known to all, Syria’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affair and Expatriates Faysal al-Mikdad said on Saturday during the 18th summit of the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement in Baku, Azerbaijan.
He stressed that the crimes being committed by Daesh and Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist organizations and their affiliated armed groups in Syria and other countries provide clear evidence about the exacerbation of the phenomena of terrorism.
He pointed out that the United States and some European Union countries ignore the issue of countering terrorism and adopt a selective approach in fighting it, noting that this behavior confirms that these countries don’t have the political will to eliminate and uproot terrorism.
He called for adopting deterrent measures against the countries that keep supporting and financing terrorism, for coordinating counter-terrorism efforts with the concerned country and for not using the fight against terrorism as a pretext to attack countries and violate their sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Syrian deputy minister went on to say that the Turkish regime’s repeated attacks on the Syrian territories and its incessant attempts to create the so-called “safe zone” in the northeast of Syria, in addition to the direct aggression of the US-led coalition on Syrian territories are all condemned and rejected unilateral actions that flagrantly violate the international law, the UN Charter and the Security Council resolutions which call for respecting Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Al-Mikdad, who thanked NAM countries for their solidarity with Syria and for condemning the Turkish aggression on the Syrian territories, reiterated Syria’s determination to confront the Turkish invasion and liberate every inch of the Syrian territories from terrorism and from illegal foreign troops.
He urged the Syrian refugees to return home and not to allow some parties to exploit the refugee crisis to achieve their suspicious agendas.
Top beneficiary of what is going on in Syria and the region is Israel
Al-Mikdad made it clear that the top beneficiary of what is going on in Syria and the region is the Israeli occupation whose aggressive policies threaten international peace and stability. He reiterated Syria’s right to restore the occupied Syrian Golan by all internationally-recognized means and in accordance with the UN resolutions 242, 338 and 497.
He reaffirmed Syria’s condemnation of the unilateral coercive economic measures imposed by the United States, the European Union and some other countries on some NAM states, including Iran, Venezuela, Democratic Korea, Cuba and Belarus, noting that these coercive measures aim at achieving private political agendas.
He called on NAM countries to unite against western hegemony.
Al-Mikdad said that Astana process on Syria has proved effective on the ground and in forming the constitutional committee on Syria, pointing out that the political solution to the crisis in the country should be based on a Syrian-Syrian dialogue away from foreign interference or preconditions and on the principle of preserving Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity.
He reiterated that the success of the political process in Syria is based mainly on the availability of international and regional commitment and on intensifying the efforts to fight terrorism threatening Syria and the entire world.
Al-Mikdad called for adherence to the NAM’s principles as specified by Bandung and Belgrade conferences and which are based on mutual respect for national sovereignty, non-interference in internal affairs of other countries, non aggression, political self-determination and equality.
Hamda Mustafa