US adamantly pursuing hostile approach, subversive policies against Syria: Envoy

Syria’s permanent representative to the United Nations says Washington is adamantly pursuing a hostile approach and subversive policies against the Syrian government and people through its allied Takfiri terrorist groups, economic sanctions, and other repressive measures.

According to reports, Bassam Sabbagh said that the Syrian people have vehemently withstood the bloody foreign-sponsored militancy and will not allow anyone to impose their conditions or will on their country.

The Syrian ambassador stressed that Washington has insisted on its aggressive and subversive policies towards Damascus for the past 11 years.

He dismissed the latest remarks by US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield, stating that her statements are nothing but a repetition of what American officials have been uttering ever since the Syrian conflict broke out.

“The remarks are obviously detached from reality, give an inaccurate description of unfolding events, and contain erroneous information with the intent to mislead the world public opinion,” Sabbagh pointed out.

Sabbagh noted that Thomas-Greenfield’s expression of concern about the humanitarian situation in Syria flatly contradicts her country’s imposition of illegal sanctions on the Syrian people.

“It is hypocritical of the US ambassador to voice worries about the plight of Syrians. The remarks were made irrespective of the fact that Washington is itself sponsoring separatists and terrorists wreaking havoc in Syria’s Jazira Region, and continues to plunder the country’s national resources,” the Syrian diplomat said.

Sabbagh also said the US ambassador was merely pretending that Washington sought a political settlement to the Syrian crisis, saying that keeping up such a pretense is aimed at misleading the world public opinion, prolonging the Syrian crisis, and preventing any effective solution.

“The US-crafted initiatives for the Syrian conflict blatantly disregard the wills of Syrian people and their national choices, and are meant to impose political and military frameworks that would serve Washington’s interests and follow its instructions,” he said.

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