China News Service, Beijing, January 17 (Reporter Zhang Su and Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin presided over a regular press conference on the 17th.
A reporter asked: According to the Syrian State News Agency, on the 14th local time, the illegal US troops stationed in Syria used 53 tanker trucks to smuggle oil resources from Hasakah Province, Syria, and transport them to US military bases in Iraq.
What's your comment on this?
Wang Wenbin: The illegal plundering of Syria by the United States has reached the point of blatant blatantness.
According to official data from the Syrian government, in the first half of 2022, more than 80% of Syria's daily oil production will be illegally smuggled by the US military.
Just at the beginning of this month, the U.S. military used 60 tankers and trucks to illegally smuggle Syrian oil and wheat.
The banditry of the United States is exacerbating the energy crisis and humanitarian disaster in Syria.
The right to life of the Syrian people is being ruthlessly violated by the United States.
Under the tragic situation of "lack of oil and food", the winter of the Syrian people may be even colder.
The United States is very greedy in stealing resources from Syria, but it is very "generous" in providing military aid to foreign countries, often costing billions or even tens of billions of dollars.
However, no matter whether the United States "takes" or "gives", the result is the same, that is, to plunge other countries into turmoil and disaster, so as to maintain the interests and hegemony of the United States.
This is the reality brought about by the so-called "rules-based order" in the United States.
We urge the US side to give an explanation to the Syrian people and the international community for its oil theft, and stop trampling on the international rule of law and breaking international rules.
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