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Ambassador Sabbagh: The annual reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency attest to Syria's full fulfillment of its obligations

2020-09-22T21:28:54.467Z


Vienna-SANA, Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, the permanent representative of Syria to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, confirmed that


Vienna-Sana

Ambassador Bassam Sabbagh, the permanent representative of Syria to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna, affirmed that the convening of the agency’s general conference every year provides an important platform to discuss all aspects of the agency’s work and determine ways to overcome the challenges it faces in order to ensure that it continues to carry out its functions independently, professionally and impartially and prevents it from being diverted from its course. Or its use by some countries as a tool to serve their political agendas.

Ambassador Sabbagh indicated during his delivery today of the statement of the Syrian Arab Republic to the 64th session of the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, which is currently being held in Vienna, that the item being discussed by the Board of Governors regarding the implementation of the safeguards agreement in the Syrian Arab Republic is a clear example of some countries exploiting this agency to serve Its political agendas. Instead of condemning the aggression of "Israel" against the sovereignty of the Syrian territories in 2007, which represents a flagrant violation of international law, it has been used as a platform to attack Syria, distort its image and exert political pressure on it.

Ambassador Al-Sabbagh stressed that after a decade of denial and lying, the Israeli admission of responsibility for this aggression makes it imperative for the agency to immediately start sending its inspection mission to "Israel", and unless it cooperates with it, continuing discussion of this item will remain in vain.

Ambassador Al-Sabbagh affirmed Syria's transparent cooperation with the Agency and its exercise of the utmost flexibility, and that it has spared no effort to settle the outstanding issues, including agreeing on an action plan to solve it, and that the annual reports of the Agency witnessed Syria's full fulfillment of its obligations and its compliance with all periodic inspection requests on time, the last of which was in July. The past despite the complexities imposed by the outbreak of the "Covid 19" pandemic.

Ambassador Sabbagh renewed the Syrian Arab Republic's welcome of Iran's fulfillment of its obligations under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and that the unilateral withdrawal of the United States of America from the plan without any legal justification represents a flagrant violation of Security Council Resolution 2231 of 2015, which put this important diplomatic achievement in grave danger, noting the positive climate that Lead to the release of the statement

The joint statement on behalf of the Director General of the Agency and Iran on the 26th of August, which represents a qualitative step for resolving the outstanding issues that would not have been possible without the sincere will of Iran to solve them.

The permanent representative of Syria pointed out that the General Conference’s decision in the 53rd session entitled “Israeli nuclear capabilities” sent a clear message about the grave concern over the Israeli nuclear capabilities and called on “Israel” to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty and subject all its nuclear facilities to the agency’s comprehensive safeguards, stressing that the behavior The aggressive "Israel" in the region and its survival with its nuclear capabilities outside the framework of the treaty and the comprehensive safeguards agreement represents a threat to regional and international peace and security, calling for intensive international action to take practical measures that lead to its accession to the Non-Proliferation Treaty as a non-nuclear state and enables the Middle East to become a weapons-free zone. Nuclear and all weapons of mass destruction.

Ambassador Sabbagh concluded by praising the Agency's vital efforts in the context of confronting the "Covid 19" pandemic, expressing deep gratitude for the agency's rapid response in providing the necessary assistance to Syria, pointing out the negative effects it is suffering from as a result of the unilateral economic sanctions imposed on it by some member states and calling for an immediate cessation of this. Unjust and inhuman punishments.

Source: sena

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