Syria Calls on Japan not to convene a Meeting Perpetuating its Crisis

DAMASCUS,(ST)_”Syria has learned with deep regret the Japanese  Government’s decision to host a conference on  Syria , as its  organizers seek to perpetuate the sanctions imposed on it,” said  an official at the Ministry of  Foreign Affairs and Expatriates. 

 The source added Thursday  that it was proved  that sanctions imposed by western,  and Arab Gulf countries against Syria  are immoral, harmful to common Syrian citizen, devastating for the  Syrian national economy and  an unholy attempt to divert the government’s efforts on  meeting the aspirations of its people.

 “These sanctions are  contrary to the principles of sovereignty and the UN General Assembly resolutions , which stand against  unilateral sanctions as a means of political and economic coercion against developing countries,” the source added.

 The source  expressed  Syria ‘s hope  that Japan will reconsider  convening  a meeting  that will contribute to increase the sanctions imposed on it,  stressing  that such a meeting would adversely affect the living conditions of the Syrian citizens who are the most  vulnerable as a result of these sanctions.

 The invitees to this meeting, the source explained, are the same who participated in previous meetings, and are not the friends of Syria nor of  its people, rather they are conspiring  to destroy and fragment  Syria ‘s unity and territorial integrity.

T. Fateh