Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected the actions taken by the United States in Syria’s eastern Province of Dayr al-Zawr as ‘illegitimate.’
Russian FM rejects US actions in Syria’s Dayr al-Zawr as ‘illegitimate’
3 Dec 2018 - 10:52
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has rejected the actions taken by the United States in Syria’s eastern Province of Dayr al-Zawr as ‘illegitimate.’
“What is happening on the eastern banks of the Euphrates River clearly violates the commitment to Syria’s territorial integrity as declared by all and confirmed in the UN Security Council’s resolution. In my view, this is already evident for all,” Lavrov said in an interview with Rossiya 1 TV channel on Sunday.
The Russian top diplomat added that Washington was trying to pretend that the presence of its military forces in the Arab country and the steps it took there were “temporary,” implying that the truth is otherwise.
Since September 2014, the United States has been leading a military coalition conducting airstrikes against purported targets of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group inside Syria without any authorization from the Damascus government or a UN mandate.
The military alliance has repeatedly been accused of targeting and killing civilians. It has also been largely incapable of fulfilling its declared aim of destroying Daesh.
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