Al-Miqdad: Syria adheres to the principles of the Non-Aligned Movement, despite the terrorist war against it
On October 11th, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Faisal Al-Miqdad, stressed the need for the countries of the Non-Aligned Movement to activate their historical relations and contribute to restoring balance to international relations in order to achieve a more secure world in which peace, justice and cooperation prevail.
Dr. Al-Miqdad said that a secure world should be one based on respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states in application of the principles approved in its founding meeting 60 years ago.
In Syria’s statement to the high-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in the Serbian capital Belgrade, on the occasion of the sixtieth anniversary of its founding, Mikdad said: “ Since the Bandung and Belgrade conferences, in which Syria had the honor to participate with 24 other countries, our countries have agreed to achieve a more secure world in which peace, justice, solidarity and cooperation prevail.
Dr. Al-Miqdad indicated that the simultaneous holding of important meetings at this stage in which international relations are witnessing more political polarization due to the rapid changes in the international arena is the best evidence of the movement’s vitality and its ability to contribute to restoring balance to international relations to achieve security and stability in the world.
Dr. Al-Miqdad pointed out that some countries are still invoking the so-called “international coalition to combat ISIS terrorism” to implement their geopolitical agendas in Syria and the entire region, which the Turkish occupier exploited to implement its colonial ambitions by bringing in terrorist groups from all over the world in an attempt to destroy Syria and put pressure on it through its practice.
The minister said that Turkey practice water terrorism by cutting off water from the Allouk station for the 28th time in a row and reducing the Euphrates River inflow, which led to humanitarian disasters that affected the lives of millions of Syrians, which constitutes a clear violation of the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Dr. Al-Miqdad reiterated that Syria will confront with full force all forms of American, Turkish and Israeli occupation, aggression and terrorism.
Dr. Al-Miqdad stressed the importance of the restoration of Syria’s occupied lands and its continued exercise of its constitutional right to combat terrorism and to protect and preserve its land and people by all means guaranteed by international law.
Dr. Al-Miqdad said that the terrorist acts committed by ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria and in many parts of our Arab countries and the world are clear evidence of the exacerbation of the phenomenon of terrorism.
Dr. Al-Miqdad stressed that Syria is committed today more than ever to the principles of the Non-Aligned Movement that were approved in the Bandung and Belgrade conferences despite the terrorist and economic war waged against it.
Dr. Al-Miqdad said that although some countries have “re-humanized” some of these organizations to cover up their failed policies in a desperate attempt to raise the morale of all their clients in the world.
The minister explained that after some countries known to all , were unable to achieve their goals through military and terrorist interventions in some countries of the Non-Aligned Movement under illegal and flimsy pretexts, they proceeded to escalate their economic terrorism in Syria by adopting the so-called “Caesar Law” that affects the lives of Syrians and impedes humanitarian work relief for international organizations working in Syria.
Dr. Al-Miqdad stressed the condemnation of Syria in the strongest terms, the imposition of unilateral coercive measures by the United States, the European Union and other countries on it and on some countries of the Non-Aligned Movement, including Iran, Venezuela, Nicaragua, the Democratic Republic of Korea, Cuba and Belarus, in addition to Russia to achieve political goals and agendas.
Dr. Al-Miqdad reiterated Syria’s right to restore the occupied Golan and its firm and principled position to support the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination and the establishment of their independent state on their entire national soil, with Jerusalem as its capital, and to guarantee the right of return for refugees in accordance with UN Resolution 194 of 1948.
O. al-Mohammad / Inas Abdulkareem