19/03/2019 | News release | Distributed by Public on 19/03/2019 10:56
JOINT STATEMENT
by joint coordination headquarters of the Russian Federation and the Syrian Arab Republic 'On the plight of the Rukban camp refugees»
(March 19, 2019)
Today is already 1,783th day of suffering of Syrian citizens forcibly detained in Rukban refugee camp by US-controlled armed groups.
Despite the economic crisis that Syria is experiencing after the war, the government of the republic continues to make enormous efforts to restore the country's infrastructure and is taking unprecedented measures to create the necessary conditions for refugees and internally displaced persons.
The results of the Brussels conference, organized to assist Syria, essentially continue to impose heavy economic sanctions on the Syrians and at the same time its organizers pretend to help the population exhausted by eight years of fighting international terrorism.
However, the collected funds will only go to help refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey. Thus, the European Union, by stimulating their assimilation in these states, impedes the process of the return of Syrian citizens to their homeland.
And about 400 million US dollars allocated by the American side to help Syria, not a cent will go to the Syrian people. The entire amount is distributed between UN agencies and non-governmental organizations, including the maintenance and further financing of provocations, including the use of toxic substances conducted by White Helmets activists. Apparently, their experience of installing staged videos about so called 'regime atrocities' can still be useful if justification for aggression against the legal authorities of the country is needed.
At the same time, the United States and its allies believe that they have the right to impose excessive demands on the Syrian government on organizing any special conditions for receiving returning citizens, including those from the Rukban refugee camp, while not providing any financial assistance to support national economics and the maintenance of internally displaced persons.
If the US leadership really cares about the fate of the Rukban residents, then the American side needs to open unimpeded access to the camp of internally displaced persons to evacuate its people and leave the illegally occupied Al-Tanf zone.
Head of Russian Joint Coordination Committee on Repatriation of Syrian Refugees - Head of National Centre for State Defence Control of the Russian Federation
Mizintsev M.
Head of Syrian Joint Coordination Committee on Repatriation of Syrian Refugees - Local Administration Minister of the Syrian Arab Republic
Makhlouf H.
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