Iranian Ambassador to the UN Amir Saeed Iravani called for the immediate and unconditional lifting of Western sanctions against Syria so that the country could recover from the March 1 earthquake at a UN Security Council (SC) meeting, he writes. the Iranian newspaper Tehran Times.
The earthquake that struck northern Syria and southern Turkey on February 6 has killed more than 50,000 people on both sides of the border to date.
In a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, Iravani stressed that the natural disaster “exacerbated the already dire humanitarian situation in the country”. “Given the seriousness of the situation, humanitarian assistance must be increased and provided in an impartial and non-discriminatory manner, without politicization or conditioning, to guarantee that the most vulnerable receive the assistance they need”he said.
“To more effectively deal with the current humanitarian crisis in Syria, the international community must focus on lifting the inhumane unilateral sanctions”emphasized the ambassador.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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