Polyansky says US is responsible for food crisis in Syria

Polyansky spoke about the consequences of Western sanctions for Syria.

“The population, including children, is starving, the work of social, including medical institutions, is suspended.

The lack of fuel also affects the work of water and power plants, Syrian farmers are under attack, ”TASS quotes the diplomat at a meeting of the UN Security Council on the humanitarian situation.

In addition, the diplomatic representative said that organizations supplying humanitarian aid to Syria are complaining about the consequences of Western sanctions.

Earlier, the head of the interdepartmental coordination headquarters of Russia, Colonel-General Mikhail Mizintsev, said that Western countries were robbing Ukraine's national wealth and provoking a global food crisis.