Damascus: Brussels Conference doesn’t help Syrians, cannot restore their rights

Damascus says the so-called Brussels Conference on Syria does not help Syrians and cannot restore their rights as it is not in line with the principles of the United Nations regulating humanitarian action and it is held without participation of the Syrian Arab Republic itself.

In a statement, carried by Syria’s official news agency SANA, the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates made the comments on Monday as the sixth “Brussels Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region” is held on May 9-10.  

The organizers of the so-called conference claim that it is aimed at reasserting the international community’s commitment toward Syrians and their host communities in neighboring countries and toward a negotiated political solution to the conflict.

The claim, however, is strongly refuted by Damascus, which says these conferences in their current form are held without participation of Syria itself, as the main country concerned, and that they do not agree with the principles of the UN regulating humanitarian action.

“These conferences do not reflect any real commitment to help the Syrian people and restore their rights, especially if we consider the fact that countries organizing or participating in these conferences occupy or support the occupation of part of the Syrian lands and loot the resources of the Syrian people in cooperation with their tools of the separatist militias,” the statement read.

The foreign ministry added that organizing countries of such conferences and those participating in them clearly contradict their own declared goal of these conferences as those same countries are also imposing economic blockades and unilateral coercive measures on the Syrian people in an inhuman manner, which has affected even the ability to secure their basic requirements such as fuel, food and medicine.

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