Russia, Iran and Syria vow to countinue war on terrorism
Moscow, Tehran and Damascus will continue jointly fighting terrorism in Syria, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said after talks with his Russian and Iranian counterparts on Friday, TASS reports.
“I’m grateful to my friends in Iran and in Russia for the support,” he said.
“I confirm that we’ll continue cleaning the Syrian land from terrorism,” he said.
“Yesterday, we discussed with [Russian Foreign Minister] Sergey Lavrov the build-up of the efficiency of the war on terrorism, and also the prospects of the support, which Russia is providing [to Syria] in various fields,” Muallem said.
“I also discussed with [Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad] Javad Zarif the same themes today,” he said.
Javad Zarif said Washington’s unilateral steps on the international arena are unacceptable.
“It is very important that everyone understands that unilateral US steps in the international community are already unacceptable,” Zarif said. “We are still suffering from the results of those unilateral steps, which were taken over the past decades.”
“Today we once again confirmed that unilateral steps are unacceptable and international investigation needs to be conducted to establish the facts (on situation in Syria’s Khan Shaykhun),” Zarif said. “I believe this is a very clear message for international cooperation (in investigating the alleged chemical attack).”
“Unfortunately, the US undertook a military aggression against Syria before investigating the (Khan Sheikhoun) incident,” the diplomat said. “This indicates, above all, that the US does not want the use of chemical weapons in Khan Sheikhoun to be established by the world community. They wanted to use this bitter incident in their internal political events.”
“When Syria was accused of using chemical weapons on April 4, Iran immediately demanded an international investigation into the incident,” the minister went on to say. “Tehran said that it is necessary to establish what happened in Khan Sheikhoun.” He also noted that the US, in a bid to hamper an unbiased investigation, assumes an ambivalent attitude regarding the use of weapons of mass destruction.
