Miqdad: Syria condemns the US escalation of tensions with Russia

Damascus, ST) – The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Faisal Al-Miqdad affirmed in a speech via video that, Syria’s condemnation of the insistence of the United States and its allies on fabricating the Ukrainian crisis to threaten Russian national security and escalate tensions with Moscow to revive the role of NATO and expand its scope.

He added that this matter poses a threat to the global stability and increases the possibilities of a large-scale war an arms race, including nuclear war.

The minister said that, confronting the current international dangers requires reconsideration of the rule of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. He referred to the fact that, activating the role of the Conference on Disarmament is of particular importance as it is the only multilateral international negotiating forum concerned with disarmament, especially in the field of nuclear disarmament, which is the purpose of the Conference’s existence.

Al-Miqdad went on to say : “Syria has been subjected to an unprecedented terrorist war for more than 11 years, unprecedented terrorist war funded, armed and directed by well-known regional and international countries and parties to undermine the Syrian state and to threaten its stability, unity and territorial integrity and the lives of its citizens in flagrant violation of international law, the Charter of the United Nations and Security Council resolutions related to combating terrorism. .                                                                                                                                                                                                       

The Foreign and Expatriates Minister indicated that in parallel with the dangers of terrorism, the Israeli occupation entity continues to destabilize the region and threaten international peace and security.

He stressed that these Israeli attacks will not remain without retaliation, and that Israel’s practice of state terrorism and acts of aggression and its occupation of Arab lands in Palestine and the Golan would not have continued without international connivance and American protection.

He added that the occupation entity continues modernizing and expanding its arsenal of conventional and non-conventional weapons and the acquisition and development of weapons of mass destruction programs and nuclear military capabilities away from international control.

Miqdad explained that while Syria and regional countries have been actively participating in the Conference on the Establishment of a Middle East Zone Free of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction that held its second session at UN Headquarters in New York last November, the rejection of Israel and the United States to attend the Conference under the United Nations banner is a clear disregard for the international and regional will to establish.

“As we look forward to convening the 10th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty on its new date, Syria hopes that the next conference will provide a serious opportunity for consensus and to move forward in implementing the commitments set forth in the treaty, the final documents and resolutions of the NPT review conferences, in particular with regard to the establishment of a zone free of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East,” Miqdad said.

He added that Syria affirms that the implementation of the Middle East resolution that was adopted as part of the deal of the indefinite extension of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1995 will remain valid until its implementation.

Miqdad expressed Syria’s welcome to the progress made towards reaching an agreement in the Vienna talks on returning to the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreement with Iran.

Raghda Sawas