Syria at 5th Moscow Conference on International Security: Conflicts in Middle East Result of Western Meddling

Moscow- Syria’s Deputy Defense Minister General Mahmoud Shawa stressed that “the objective of the conspiracy targeting Syria is to weaken the Syrian state and its army while accelerating US military aid to “Israel”; a matter that undermines security in the region and contributes to the emergence of new tension hubs, according to the state news agency SANA.

Gen. Shawa was speaking on behalf of the Syrian delegation during a session entitled “Middle East, the tangle of contradictions” within the framework of the 5th Moscow Conference on International Security.

The Middle East, through Damascus, has got engaged into an almost universal war whose consequences will affect the future of the entire world, said Shawa.

He brought to light schemes of the U.S, its European allies and tools in the region such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia to achieve their goals under the pretext of protecting and defending democracy, human rights and freedoms, backed by the mass media which lack credibility and objectivity.

Shawa said that these countries used such pretexts to interfere in states’ internal affairs, often resorting to direct and indirect hostile actions and making use of its tools and agents to change regimes, spread chaos and terrorism, fuel wars and conflicts, leaving hundreds of thousands killed while millions others have been displaced as the destructive chaos which was called according to the American term “creative” replaced security and stability.

Conflicts in the Middle East region are the result of western countries’ meddling

He added that the contradictions and conflicts in the Middle East region are the result of western countries’ meddling , in addition to a number of local and regional powers which helped these countries achieve their goals, noting that the Arab countries are the biggest losers, particularly the Palestinian Cause which plunged to the bottom of the list of priorities at Arab and international circles, in reverse to the Israeli occupation which achieved great gains, a matter that was impossible without the western countries fabricating internal conflicts in the region.

He suggested a strategy to solve the Mideast tangle basing on reaching a fair solution to the issue of the Palestinian people and their right to establishing their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital and forcing Israeli occupation to withdraw from the occupied Syrian Golan and South Lebanon.

Shawa stressed the need for international willingness to combat terrorism, away from geopolitical interests and in close cooperation with Russia, in addition to forcing regional states which support terrorism to abide by the relevant UN Security Council resolutions, cut off terrorists’ supply routes and prevent their movement to Syria.

He underlined the importance of supporting intra-Syrian dialogue, not interfering in internal affairs and respecting states’ sovereignty to ensure successful political solution.

The first day of the 5th Moscow Conference on International Security held several dialogue sessions and discussed different topics related to the importance of enhancing international security and security in the Middle East region as well as the challenges which hinder achieving such goal.