All Foreign Troops, Illegally Present in Syria, Must Leave
MOSCOW, (ST)- Deputy Chairman of the Russian Federation Council Committee on Foreign Affairs Andrei Klimov has stressed that Russia and Syria are working jointly in the fight against international terrorism, pointing out that the Russian-Syrian relations are based on mutual respect and mutual interests and are organized by certain agreements and a common vision by the leaderships of the two countries.
In a statement to SANA correspondent in Moscow, Klimov reiterated that all foreign troops which have illegal presence in the Syrian territories must leave, noting that the Americans have started to think of a new false flag regarding the use of chemical weapon in Idleb, because they are no more able to create new pretexts or accusations against the Syrian government.
On her part, Veronika Krasheninnikova , head of the Center for International Journalism and Research at Rossiya Segodnya, said that “the American administration is encouraging terrorists in Syria’s Idleb to carry out provocations through fabricating news on the use of chemical weapons in the city in order to be used as a pretext for a new aggression on Syria.”
“These provocations won’t be the last,” she added.
Krasheninnikova went on to say that countries of the European Union have started to gradually realize that their previous attitudes towards Syria have been wrong. She pointed out that the European leaders now share Russia the need to fight terrorism and reactivate the return of the Syrian refugees to their homeland.
Vladimir Schweitzer, head of the Political and Social Studies Department at the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IERAS), described the allegations about the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian Arab army as null and fabricated, stressing that the United States has hampered all efforts for political solution of the crisis in Syria.
Schweitzer added that Trump’s current stances against Iran in addition to the US sanctions on Russia, Syria and Iran harm the United States itself.
He said that “Trump, himself, has become an unwelcomed guest in Europe”.
Hamda Mustafa