Al-Jaafari: Unilateral coercive economic measures prevent the provision of basic needs and hinder the response to the Corona epidemic

New York-SANA

Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Dr. Bashar Al-Jaafari, affirmed that the American administration is no longer satisfied with supporting terrorist groups in Syria and other countries, but rather has adopted economic, health and political terrorism to achieve its own selfish interests, stressing that coercive economic measures unilaterally hamper the ability to provide basic needs and confront Corona epidemic "Covid 19".

Al-Jaafari said during a video conference yesterday held by the American coalition "sanctions kill" to discuss unilateral coercive economic measures and their impact on countries and peoples in the face of the epidemic Coved 19 that countries that are subject to these measures deal with additional pressures and challenges in facing this epidemic along with the continuous negative effects of this Illegal measures on the welfare of citizens, their daily lives, and their ability to enjoy basic health and education services, indicating that the concept and practice of terrorism have expanded by the American administration, which no longer suffices to support terrorist and separatist groups in Sue Yeh or other countries that resist US interventionist policies and aggressive, but has become dependent economic health and political terrorism to achieve their selfish interests own.

Al-Jaafari indicated that the current crisis associated with the spread of this dangerous virus posed new and unprecedented challenges to Syria, foremost of which is providing basic infrastructure and components for the health sector to provide prevention, testing, treatment, and provision of basic medical, food and service materials, along with the endeavor to enable the Syrian economy and the public and private sectors to be able to: Support and finance the necessary plans and procedures to ensure the spread of this virus, especially in the areas of sterilization, isolation, and the closure of public and private facilities and facilities.

Al-Jaafari pointed out that unilateral coercive measures continue to weaken the ability of the public and private medical sector in Syria to import medicines and medical materials due to the targeting of these strict measures for the Syrian banking sector, especially in the area of ​​foreign bank transfers, as well as their impact on the ability of the main economic sectors to perform their tasks Effectively, especially in the fields of energy, banking services, industry, transportation, communications, and internal and external trade.

Al-Jaafari refuted the recent American allegations about the existence of exemptions and exceptions by the American government that allow the delivery of humanitarian aid and commercial transactions with Syria to provide medical and food items. He said, “The so-called American exemptions were and are still subject to politicized considerations that lead to the delivery of this aid to areas controlled by terrorist groups. Armed only, which in turn seizes it and prevents it from reaching the real beneficiaries with the aim of supporting these terrorist groups and prolonging the war.

Al-Jaafari stressed that the Syrian Central Bank had been unable for years to take advantage of the Syrian funds frozen abroad with the aim of financing the import of materials related to securing the basic needs of the Syrian people as international and foreign banks did not respond to payment orders issued by the central bank and the Syrian government did not receive any response to contacts with These banks, whether through the system of banking correspondence or through diplomatic channels.

Al-Jaafari stressed that Syria has mobilized all its human, medical and nutritional resources available to serve all Syrians wherever they are in the face of a pandemic, as a benefit 19, but these capabilities will continue to be negatively affected by unilateral coercive measures, expressing Syria's appreciation of the positions of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in which he called for the end of unilateral coercive measures Imposed on many peoples of the world, including the Syrian people.

Al-Jaafari stressed that any collective and global effort to combat and eradicate the emergence of the new Corona virus cannot achieve the desired results in light of the continuing policy of imposing an economic embargo by some governments, particularly the American government, on more than two billion people in our world.

Al-Jaafari pointed out that those who impose unilateral measures on the Syrian people have abandoned humanitarian considerations and have become prisoners of political obsession by punishing those who are not in line with their policies, noting that the European Union rejected Syria's request to send aircraft to return Syrian expatriates in some European Union countries who want to return to Syria In light of this global epidemic, due to the unilateral measures imposed on the Syrian air transport sector.

Al-Jaafari called on those involved in humanitarian campaigns aiming to end the economic blockade to pay special attention to the difficult conditions experienced by Palestinians under the Israeli occupation and the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan who are deprived of their right to obtain adequate medical and health care, especially in light of the global health pandemic today.

At the conclusion of the symposium, the coalition "Sanctions Kills" announced the release of a document entitled "A pledge to resist sanctions and the American war" to be open for the signature of the Americans, which included a reference to the use of the administration of President Donald Trump pandemic as a delegate 19 to intensify efforts aimed at changing the political systems in the targeted countries through intervention Military and the application of illegal sanctions The document also included a pledge to oppose military action and mercenary armies and ongoing economic sanctions on 39 countries by the United States and to strive for collective action to combat these threats.

The coalition announced that it would prepare a message about opposing economic sanctions to be directed to US President Donald Trump and mobilize signatures for them.

The symposium was attended by the Permanent Representative of Syria to the United Nations, Carlos Ron Martinez, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela and Francisco or Campbell, the Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States, Anna Silvia Rodriguez Pascal, Cuban delegate to the United Nations, Dr. Frank Johnny from the North American Department of the Foreign Ministry in Zimbabwe and Majid Takht Ravanchi Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations, where the speakers explained the profound negative effects of the unilateral coercive measures imposed by the United States.

It is noteworthy that the "Sanctions Kill" coalition includes a wide range of American civil and humanitarian organizations interested in global affairs and in opposing American foreign policies based on interference in state affairs through military aggression and unilateral sanctions.