The United States and most of the member states of the UN Security Council stressed the importance of continuing to work on the mechanism for bringing humanitarian aid across borders into Syria, but Russia and China said at the regular session of the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in Syria that the UN mechanism violates the sovereignty of Damascus.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in New York, Murad Hashem, said that Saddam’s signals are looming within the Security Council regarding the renewal of the aid entry mechanism, which expires next June if Russia and China insist on their stance, which consider that the mechanism for the introduction of humanitarian aid violates the sovereignty of the Syrian regime, and they demand the entry of aid into Areas of northern Syria through the Bashar al-Assad regime.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin criticized the US and European sanctions on Damascus, noting that "there is blatant politicization of humanitarian issues and discrimination against areas controlled by the Syrian regime, especially with regard to providing humanitarian aid."

Russian position

The Russian official added that “refusing to provide assistance for the reconstruction of Syria and the return of refugees, and tightening sanctions against the background of the Covid-19 pandemic, and urging everyone to deliver this aid through this mechanism only represents actions that violate all provisions of international humanitarian law and General Assembly Resolution 46/182, because the goal is Behind this is the political undermining of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria. "

In a videoconference speech at the Security Council, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister strongly criticized the failure to invite Syria to the donors' conference for Syria, which will be held today, Tuesday, in Brussels, and saw it as an additional infringement of its sovereignty.

On the other hand, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called on Monday to reopen the crossing points for humanitarian aid, which were closed last year under pressure from Russia, and the US secretary said that world powers "should be ashamed of their lack of action in this regard."

Blinken added in statements carried by the American Al-Hurra channel that the humanitarian issue in Syria should not be politicized, calling for the reopening of the door to safety at the Syrian-Turkish border, as well as the Al-Yarubiyah crossing at the Syrian-Iraqi border, and said that these two crossings provide assistance to 4 million and 1.3 million Syrians. Straight.

Last July, Russia and China used their veto power in the Security Council to reduce the number of entry points for humanitarian aid to Syria - which do not require Damascus’s approval - from 4 crossings to one, which is the Bab al-Hawa crossing between Syria and Turkey.