Jaafari: Syria Will not Give up Legal Duty of Expelling Terrorists

Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari on Monday stressed that the Syrian Government, backed by its allies and in accordance with the principles of the international law, will not surrender to the attempts of US, France and England to exploit the Security Council to support terrorists in Syria and that it will not give up its constitutional and legal duty of expelling terrorists from Aleppo and all the Syrian areas.

In a speech delivered during a session of the Security Council, Jaafari called upon the countries which claim that they are keen on the interests of the Syrian people or on reaching a political solution led by the Syrians themselves or on eliminating terrorism to coordinate with the Syrian Government.

Denouncing their shelling of the Russian field hospital, Jaafari indicated that terrorists have been using the civilians in Aleppo City as human shields since they entered the City in 2012.

The Syrian diplomat warned against the danger of terrorism which have become threatening all countries of the world due to the “reckless policies and the cheap political blackmail which are practiced by the governments of the states which support terrorism.”

Noting that the adherence of the Syrian Government and its allies to all previous chances of ceasefire was only for saving the lives of civilians, Jaafari asked whether “the UN Security Council, at any time or place in this world, had imposed a truce with terrorists allowing them to catch their breath and enhance their positions.”

The Syrian diplomat called upon the international organization’s member states not to drift behind the continued attempts of some member states inside or outside the Council to adopt resolutions that serve only enhancing terrorism in Syria.