Alwaght- The United States is pursuing a neo-colonial policy aimed at dividing Syria and ultimately seizing its resources, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said during a special UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting.
The US “continues its inherently neocolonial course aimed at division of [Syria]” as the US-led coalition supports the establishment of some “loyal governmental substitutes,” Nebenzia said during the UNSC session on Tuesday, as he slammed Washington’s actions in the war-torn Middle Eastern country.
He also drew attention to the fact that the coalition consistently expands its presence in Syria by building new bases and strengthening its forces.
“It is becoming clear that [the US-led coalition] attempts to take hold of the Syrian territory and gain control over its resources,” the Russian diplomat said during the urgent UNSC session, convened at Russia’s request to discuss the situation in Syria’s Idlib province. Located in Syria’s northwest, this region is the only one still mostly controlled by various militant groups, including some terrorist organizations such as Al-Nusra Front (now known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham).
Nebenzia also condemned the politicized approach of Washington to rebuilding Syria, bringing up the internal UN directive that severely limits the UN agencies’ cooperation with Syria until a "political transition" takes place there.
The Russian envoy to the UN then expressed Moscow’s concerns over potential false flag attacks involving the use of chemical weapons, which could be used by the western states as a pretext to launch airstrikes against Damascus.
“The Syrian Army has no chemical weapons and no plans to use it,”Nebenzia said, adding that such action would be absolutely senseless from a military point of view. At the same time, he said that the US and its allies could “wait for a militants’ provocation” and then conduct another air strike while accusing the Syrian government of being responsible for the chemical incident.
