The Syrian Community in Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States urges lifting EU sanctions on Syria

Members of the Syrian community in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States have called for an immediate lifting of the coercive economic measures imposed by the European Union on the Syrian people.

In a letter addressing Head of the European Union’s Parliament, members of the Syrian community stressed that these unfair sanctions exacerbate the economic, social, humanitarian and health suffering of the Syrian people particularly in the light of the outbreak of the Corona pandemic.

The EU and the US economic sections, mainly the US “Caesar Act”, have massively affected the Syrians’ livelihood and their ability to have access to the basic requirements of life, the letter said.

 It criticized politicizing the humanitarian values of the European Union and most western countries in relation with the terrorist war on Syria which has turned the Syrian people into a human shield used by the majority of western countries to achieve their political goals.

The letter went on to say that Syria will continue to be the cradle of civilizations and the creator of the first musical note and the first alphabet throughout history and the icon of coexistence.

 Members of the community reiterated their firm adherence to their homeland which has been fighting international terrorism over the past ten years.

Hamda Mustafa