Moscow and Beijing condemned a missile strike on Syria
The parties have considered the attack of the US, UK and France in violation of international law.
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Russia and China consider it a violation of international law the application of the United States, Britain and France missile strike on Syria on April 14. The representative of the Chinese foreign Ministry said that China urges the parties to resolve issues through diplomacy and not to go beyond the legal framework. “Unilateral intervention” of the coalition of Western countries in China regarded as contrary to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter.
“Saturday and Sunday, we all witnessed another violation of international law, another aggression of some countries against the sovereign Syrian Arab Republic”, — said the press Secretary of the Kremlin Dmitry Peskov, according to RT.
In turn, the official representative of the Chinese foreign Ministry Hua Chunying at a press briefing said that “a military strike of the USA, UK and France on Syria has violated a basic principle of international law on the prohibition of the use of force contained in the Charter” of the UN.
The diplomat called a “humanitarian pretext” and “unilateral intervention” the decision of the coalition of Western countries to “punish Syria” for a possible chemical attack in the Syrian Duma.
“The UN Charter clearly defines the situation in which you can use military force. USA, UK and France, dealing a blow to Syria, violated a basic principle of international law banning the use of military force” — quoted Chungin Federal news Agency. “As always, we oppose the use of force in international relations and to call for respect for the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of other countries,” she said, according to Gazetyi.
Sharp aggravation of the situation in the middle East occurred on 7 April. According to the Washington, Damascus has used chemical weapons in Duma, killing, according to various estimates, from 40 to 70 people. Russia and Syria strongly denied any involvement in the incident, noting that first of all you need to conduct a thorough investigation in the Duma to confirm the fact of use of prohibited weapons.
14 APR United States, Britain and France attacked Syria, referring to the chemical attack allegedly conducted by the Syrian military in the city of Duma in Eastern ghouta. The purpose of Saturday’s strike began three objects that, according to the coalition, were related to the Syrian chemical program. The air defense forces of Syria have managed to destroy most of the rocket fire coalition even approaching the order, said the defense Ministry. Meanwhile, the Pentagon said a missile attack on Syria of 14 April was almost twice more powerful than the previous, last year’s attack.
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