Published September 05,2023
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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova blamed the US on Tuesday for the continuing armed battle in jap Syria between the PKK/YPG and Arab tribes.
Foreign navy contingents, together with US troops, have been illegally current in Syria for almost a decade underneath the pretext of preventing worldwide terrorism, Zakharova mentioned in her response to a query from Anadolu correspondent at a news convention in Moscow.
“The US (troops) got here to Syria underneath the pretext of preventing worldwide terrorism, though they weren’t invited. Their actions produced completely completely different outcomes.
“Their main goal is the implementation of a specific geopolitical project that provides for the establishment of military and political control, if not over the entire Syria, then at least over its northeastern part, the Euphrates area,” Zakharova defined.
Washington encourages separatist aspirations of Kurds “in every possible way, including by pumping weapons into Kurdish armed formations and exempting them from their unilateral anti-Syrian sanctions,” she famous.
The self-proclaimed administration of northeast Syria, created with direct US help, has become a quasi-governmental entity that exists underneath the navy cowl of the American navy, she mentioned.
However, she added, this deepened tensions between Kurds and Arabs, which lasted from the pre-crisis instances and is predicated on a wrestle for assets.
“As a result of the events that have shaken Syria in recent years, these contradictions have only worsened, and this time the Arabs felt offended, because they found themselves on the sidelines in the system of the new governing bodies on the Euphrates led by the Kurds, not to mention the fact that the Kurds do not hesitate to accuse their opponents of aiding ISIS terrorists, who largely relied on the support of local tribes during the so-called caliphate,” Zakharova mentioned.
The spokeswoman argued that “despite the available military-political and financial capabilities, the US is not able to succeed in such a delicate matter as the regulation of interethnic relations.”
“They use force and harsh political opportunities that are not in line with international law and diplomacy. As a consequence of this, the current outbreaks of fierce clashes between Kurdish combat units and Arab tribal militias have become,” she mentioned.
Only the restoration of Damascus’ management over the Euphrates areas, based on Zakharova, will finish the conflicts.
When requested concerning the Armenian authorities’s choice to ship the Rome Statute, establishing the International Criminal Court (ICC), to parliament for ratification, which Russia sees as “unfriendly,” Zakharova advised Anadolu that Moscow has requested a proof from Yerevan and can define subsequent steps primarily based on the response.
She additionally mentioned incidents on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border present the “ineffectiveness” of the EU monitoring mission in Armenia.
Russia’s place is that the work on border delimitation and the deployment of the Collective Security Treaty Organization mission within the space would assist to handle the issue, she mentioned.
Relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia have been tense since 1991 when the Armenian navy occupied Nagorno-Karabakh, a territory internationally acknowledged as a part of Azerbaijan, and 7 adjoining areas.
In the autumn of 2020, Azerbaijan liberated a number of cities, villages, and settlements from Armenian occupation throughout 44 days of clashes. The struggle ended with a Russia-brokered peace settlement.
Despite ongoing talks over a long-term peace settlement, tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia rose in latest months over the Lachin highway, the one land route giving Armenia entry to the Karabakh area, the place Azerbaijan established a border checkpoint in April on the grounds of stopping the unlawful transport of navy arms and tools to the area.
Since then, Yerevan has accused Azerbaijan of inflicting a “humanitarian crisis” within the area. Baku has vehemently denied Armenia’s claims and has proposed using the Aghdam-Khankendi highway for shipments to the area.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
