New York-Sana
Syria's permanent representative to the United Nations, Bassam Sabbagh, reiterated Syria's rejection of any outside interference in the work of the committee to discuss the constitution or attempt to impose artificial timetables and pre-summaries for its work, stressing that the constitution and everything related to it is a Syrian-Syrian affair to be decided by the Syrians themselves.
During a session of the Security Council today, Sabbagh said that the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Dr. Faisal Miqdad, indicated in Syria's speech to the General Assembly yesterday that Syria has always been open to any honest and impartial political initiatives or efforts to help it get out of the crisis despite the obstacles placed by countries that have no interest in Continuing these efforts in the direction that achieves stability in Syria and while preserving the national constants.
The settlements and reconciliations that have recently been achieved in Daraa governorate confirm once again Syria's keenness to restore security and stability to all parts of the country
Sabbagh indicated that Syria facilitated the launch of the work of the Constitutional Discussion Committee through its contribution to reaching an agreement on the composition of the committee and its rules of procedure, and stressed the need for this process to be under the ownership and leadership of Syria and without external interference or trying to impose artificial timetables or pre-summaries of the committee's work based on the basis of The constitution and everything related to it is a Syrian-Syrian affair, decided by the Syrians themselves, in implementation of the principle of Syria's sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity, a well-established principle confirmed by all Security Council resolutions related to the situation in Syria.
Sabbagh said: that Syria continued its cooperation with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Geir Pedersen and welcomed his visit to Damascus on the 11th and 12th of this month, where he held constructive discussions. He stressed the need for the Special Envoy to maintain his role as a facilitator and to report what is happening in an impartial, impartial and objective manner.
Sabbagh pointed out that the recent settlements and reconciliations that have been achieved in Daraa governorate reaffirm Syria's keenness to restore security and stability to all parts of the country while ensuring the safety of its citizens and saving the blood of innocents. An agreement was reached to restore stability to the areas that witnessed some tensions recently in Daraa and its western countryside. For the people of those areas to return to their homes in safety and security.
The necessity of ending the illegal foreign military presence on Syrian territory
Sabbagh pointed out that the role of the Security Council in maintaining international peace and security, which some have used to interfere in Syria's affairs and destabilize security and stability in it over the past ten years, prompts us to raise our voices loudly to expose these practices and to demand those countries to desist from this subversive behavior and learn from the lessons that emerged from the wars that These countries launched it for many years.
Sabbagh stressed that the war imposed on Syria by well-known countries through multiple and different means led to the loss of many lives, damage to ancient civilizational achievements and the loss of prestigious development gains achieved by the Syrian people over many decades, stressing the need to put an end to this war and end the illegal foreign military presence on the lands. The Syrian state represented in the presence of the American occupation forces in northeastern Syria and the Turkish occupation forces in its northwest in full, lifting the unilateral coercive economic measures imposed by the United States and the European Union, and supporting the efforts of the Syrian state and its allies in combating terrorism, restoring security and stability, and rebuilding and restoring damaged infrastructure.
The permanent representative of Syria to the United Nations pointed to the need to start early recovery projects and support resilience and strengthen them in quantity and quality in various sectors, especially water, energy, education, health care and others, in a way that contributes to providing basic services to Syrians and improving their living and humanitarian situation, in addition to facilitating the return of displaced persons and refugees to their areas, indicating that To this end, the various concerned authorities are working diligently and continuously in order to facilitate the return process and secure the basic requirements of the returnees. A number of measures have been taken and a number of decrees have been issued that can be used in this context.
Syria calls on the Security Council and the General Secretariat to assume their responsibilities to stop the crimes of the Turkish occupation and end the presence of its forces on Syrian territory
Sabbagh expressed regret that the efforts of the Syrian state and friendly countries collide with some people continuing to exploit the suffering of the Syrians and use them to achieve goals far removed from the humanitarian goals and the interests of the Syrian people, including the politicized use of committee reports that have always proven that they are politicized mechanisms that lack the minimum standards of professionalism, objectivity and credibility in their work. Its main goal is to provide reports that some hostile countries can use to harm Syria.
Sabbagh referred to the aggressive and destructive practices carried out by the Turkish regime on Syrian territory, including support for terrorism, killing, destruction, Turkification, looting of wealth, and its use of water as a tool to serve its political ploys and as a weapon that it brandishes in the faces of millions of Syrian citizens, in great disregard for the principles of international law, international humanitarian law and international and bilateral instruments and agreements. Syria: The Security Council and the General Secretariat should assume their responsibilities to stop the crimes of the Turkish occupation and end the presence of its forces on Syrian territory.
