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Jaafari

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“What our States really need is to inhibit the ball of flame that some have been trying to fan across our region for decades in order to destabilize the region, pillage its assets and displace its peoples. Nevertheless, we remain confident in our national capacities and in the support and assistance of our friends and allies, who wish only good and stability for Syria, the region and the world, while they reject any foreign intervention and insist on an exclusively Syrian-led and Syrian-owned political process. We look forward to working with honest country partners that genuinely seek to build the future of Syria and are committed to the best interests of the Syrian people and to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“We look forward to the visit to be made by the Special Envoy to Damascus in a few days to coordinate with the Syrian State for the first meeting of the Constitutional Committee and on the steps necessary for the Committee to produce serious outcomes that respond to the aspirations of the Syrian people. At the time when my country's Government stands ready to engage positively in the work of the Constitutional Committee, we are very realistic, responsible and cognizant of the fact that the political process is not a walk in the park. The Council might recall that we and other Members States, in this very Chamber, have warned against allowing some to tamper with the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of international law, as was done when Iraq and Libya were invaded.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“We also agreed that no ultimatum or timetable can be imposed on the Committee and that every single step should be studied and clear, as the Constitution will determine Syria's future for coming generations. Mr. Geir Pedersen, the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General, is fully aware of all these facts. We in Syria are keen on seeing progress in the political process based on sound foundations that meet the aspirations of the Syrian people. The role of the Special Envoy for Syria is to facilitate the work of the Committee and ensure compromise between the parties thereto through his good offices, if necessary, as he himself noted in his briefing. On that basis, we reiterate that we stand ready to actively work with friendly countries and the Special Envoy to launch the Committee.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“That has crystallized into the agreement with the Special Envoy on the terms of reference and rules of procedure of the Constitutional Committee. We have agreed on its regulatory principles, foremost of which is the principle of a full and strong commitment to the sovereignty and independence and to the unity of the people and land of the Syrian Arab Republic, as well as the Syrian- owned and -led nature of the political process. No preconditions or prejudged conclusions will be dictated regarding the Committee's work and recommendations. The Committee is the master of its own modus operandi and decisions, and no country or party, especially the one known as the small group, may intervene in its work, either directly or indirectly.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“and whose statue still stands at the Palace of Justice in Rome, was one of the five Syrian legislators whose national laws constitute 80 per cent of the Justinian law code. The engineer Apollodorus, born in Damascus in the year 60 AD, was the greatest architect in the history of humankind and designed the great bridge over the Danube. I say this so that everyone can know that we are not novices when it comes to politics, history, law or economics. My country's Government continued to participate in the Astana meetings as a framework that has yielded tangible results on the ground. We have positively dealt with the outcomes of the national dialogue conference in Sochi, as represented by the agreement on the establishment of the Constitutional Committee.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“The Syrians alone have the exclusive right to discuss their national Constitution and to adopt it of their own free will, without any foreign interference, preconditions or extortion by parties or Governments that wish to see the country's destabilization and the destruction and pillaging of its assets, violating its sovereignty and prejudicing its national, independent determination by engaging in terrorism in all its political, military and economic forms. Syria is as ancient as history itself. The tomb of ourjoint ancestor, Abel, is in the suburbs of Damascus, and Ugarit, Syria, provided humankind with the first alphabet, in 1700 B.C.E. The Syrian legislator Emilios Babinos, who was born in Horns in 142 B.C.E.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“Indeed, all of us are familiar with the famous saying, "Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan". Given the fact that the Constitution is the supreme legislation reflecting the aspirations of any given people and that it determines their national, political, economic, cultural and social visions and choices, national ownership of the Constitution is its cornerstone and foundation.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“Geir Pedersen, was able to achieve the formation of the Constitutional Committee, as announced by the Secretary-General, and to agree on its terms of reference and rules of procedure. The Committee is Syrian- led and -owned and free of any foreign interference, as reiterated by Mr. Pedersen at the beginning of this meeting. This success represented by the establishment of the Constitutional Committee is a Syrian national success par excellence, overcoming all the impediments placed by Governments hostile to Syria so as to prolong the crisis and obstruct a political solution. Syria's determination to establish a Constitutional Committee, with close follow-up by the President of the Republic, contributed to this important national achievement for the Syrian people.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): I would like, Mr. President, to express once again on behalf of my country, the Syrian Arab Republic, our pride in the Russian presidency of the Security Council this month. We believe that the coincidence of the announcement of the formation of the Constitutional Committee with your presidency of the Council once again asserts your country's key role in establishing international peace and security and upholding the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations, especially the principles of sovereignty and non-interference in other countries' internal affairs. The Syrian Government, in close coordination with its friends in Russia and Iran, and in collaboration with the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr.”
2019-09-30 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8628 (2019) · source
“Terrorists have destroyed our country's infrastructure as a result of foreign interference. I do not want a draft resolution. We have 22 resolutions that must be implemented. Do we really need any more resolutions? We have 12 resolutions aimed at addressing terrorism. Let us implement them. Let us implement those 12 Security Council anti-terrorism resolutions. That will end the problem. But if we say something and then behave in an entirely contradictory manner, that is the height of hypocrisy.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“There are Syrian terrorists and foreign terrorist fighters who are fighting the Syrian Government on behalf of their outside users. We are very transparent. We are not fabricating stories. Everybody in the Council knows what we are talking about. Reports have been published by the Council on the issue of foreign terrorist fighters in Syria. Four or five years ago, the Council denied that there were foreign terrorist fighters in Syria. Today, the Council has moved from total rejection to complete acknowledgement of the fact that there are foreign terrorists in Syria. Many members are simply competing with us and with our allies in the fight against this foreign terrorism. They are liars and hypocrites. We should not be sensitive when we speak about our pain. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have been killed by terrorists.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Those individuals have raised hundreds of millions of dollars to send to Syria and support terrorism. Many articles have been published by several newspapers, including the New York Times. We have lot of proofs and evidence that we have submitted to the Security Council and to subsidiary bodies responsible for the fight against terrorism. We pair words with deeds. We have sent hundreds of pieces of evidence to the Counter-Terrorism Committee about the presence of foreign terrorist fighters in Syria. They include Kuwaiti nationals. There are Syrian terrorists fighting the Syrian Government. Should I be sensitive if someone told me that there are Syrian terrorists fighting against the Syrian Government in Syria? No, because it is a fact.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“There are terrorists from 100 different Members of this international Organization in Syria, who are fighting and killing Syrians. Not one of those nationalities represented here has been particularly moved. This information was included in a formal report issued by a subsidiary committee of the Security Council involved in counter-terrorism. Why is there such excessive sensitivity when we say that there are Kuwaiti terrorists fighting in Syria and killing Syrians who belong to a Salafist movement? How can we reject such remarks when the Carnegie Institute has published two studies on the Salafist movement in Kuwait? What I am holding up are not press cuttings but posters that were distributed in Kuwait by a number of individuals, some of whom are members of the Kuwaiti Parliament.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): First of all, my country is deeply attached to brotherly relations with Kuwait. Each time that I have spoken about the presence of Kuwaiti terrorists in Syria, I have very clearly stated that I was not targeting the Government of Kuwait. However, we must draw the Kuwaiti Government's attention to the existence of these terrorists and those who sponsor terrorism. They are Kuwaiti citizens responsible for promoting terrorism and raising funds to be sent to terrorists in Syria. In other words, there are Kuwaiti citizens who kill Syrians on Syrian territory. I do not understand why my colleague the representative of Kuwait is so sensitive when we talk about Kuwaiti terrorists in Syria. There are Belgian terrorists, French terrorists, British terrorists, Australian terrorists and so on.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“In conclusion, based on all this, my Government would like to thank all countries that have voted against the draft resolution, especially the Russian and Chinese delegations, and those that abstained in the voting in order to uphold the principles of international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations * first and foremost, respect for the sovereignty of States and non-interference in their internal affairs.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“How can the humanitarian penholders claim that they are earnest about humanitarian issues when the draft resolution disregards the dangerous announcement of the United States and Turkey about reaching an agreement on establishing a so-called safe zone on Syrian territories and starting joint patrols? Such an agreement would complicate and prolong the crisis in Syria by establishing new facts on the ground in areas where the forces of those two occupying countries are illegally deployed. How can the humanitarian penholders claim that they are earnest about humanitarian issues when they contribute to economic terrorism by imposing unilateral coercive economic measures with grave catastrophic consequences for Syrians? Such measures undermine the ability of the Syrian Government to respond to the people's daily needs.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“How can the humanitarian penholders and sponsors of the draft resolution claim that they are earnest about the humanitarian situation when they have participated from day one in the illegitimate so-called Global Coalition against Da'esh, which has not combated terrorism in any way? Instead, it has intentionally and systematically destroyed Syrian infrastructure, including bridges over the Euphrates River, grain silos, schools, hospitals and safe villages. It has killed thousands of civilians and has saved Da'esh terrorist leaders in the two towns of Hajin and Baghouz in Deir ez-Zor and in Raqqa city, in order to recycle them and use them in other countries as the moderate terrorist democratic opposition.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Donors earn 'silver status' by giving $175 for 50 sniper bullets, or 'gold status' by giving twice as much for eight mortar rounds." (spoke in Arabic) The American Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has produced two studies on the Kuwaiti Salafist movement and on the support it provides to terrorism in Syria and Iraq. The Kuwaiti representative said that if I had any names or documents, I should present them. Here I am, presenting those documents. Anyone who wants a copy can get it from the Permanent Mission of the Syrian Arab Republic to the United Nations in New York.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Al-Mteiri, a Sergeant in the Kuwaiti army. It says, (spoke in English) "Ghanim al-Mteiri gathers the funds and transports them to Syria for the rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad. Mr. Mteiri - one of dozens of Kuwaitis who openly raise money to arm the opposition - has helped turn this tiny, oil-rich Persian Gulf state into a virtual Western Union outlet for Syria's rebels, with the bulk of the funds he collects going to a Syrian affiliate of Al Qaeda. One Kuwait-based effort raised money to equip 12,000 rebel fighters for $2,500 each.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“How can he fail to make any reference of the need to counter the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters and for their countries and masters to withdraw them from Syria? By the way, I would like to touch upon what my colleague the representative of Kuwait said in the most recent Council meeting on this topic (see S/PV.8609), that the Salafist movement in Kuwait did not exist and that the terrorist Al-Mteiri did not exist either. I have here a poster distributed by the Salafist movement on the streets of Kuwait. We can see pictures of Kuwaiti nationals under the banner "Wage war - jihad in Syria". They are all Kuwaiti members of the Kuwaiti Salafist movement. Here is another such poster. I have also a copy of a New York Times article that my colleague the representative of Kuwait also said did not exist. It speaks of Mr.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“They also disregard the fact that there are thousands of foreign terrorist fighters in Syria. By way of example, we note that the German Federal Government announced recently, in response to a parliamentary question submitted by Konstantin Kuhle, an internal affairs expert of the German liberal party, that the number of German foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq amounts to 500 terrorists, of whom approximately 360 are still fighting in the ranks of terrorist organizations. These are the German Government's statistics, which underline what has been confirmed - the presence of thousands of terrorists from Europe. How can my colleague, the Permanent Representative of Germany, ignore that important information issued by his own Government?”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“The agreement provided for a number of pledges, including compelling the armed groups that signed the Astana agreement to disengage from terrorist organizations, especially Da'esh, the Al-Nusra Front and other affiliated groups. Both the Astana and Sochi agreements underlined the right of the Government of Syria and its allies to counter terrorist organizations, regardless of their names. All of that is absent in the draft resolution submitted by the humanitarian penholders. How can those humanitarian penholders claim to be earnest on the humanitarian situation in Syria when they fail to include, in the draft resolution, the main reason behind the humanitarian crisis in the country, which is terrorism supported, unfortunately, by some countries that are members of the Council?”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“How can they disregard the fact that the Syrian Government has agreed to a ceasefire in the de-escalation zone in Idlib, starting on 31 August, while maintaining the right to respond to any violation by terrorists, in line with the Astana agreement, on establishing the de-escalation zones, and the Sochi agreement? We have the right to wonder why the co-penholders fail in their draft resolution to make any reference to excluding terrorist groups from the cessation of hostilities. It is known to all that the Astana agreement on establishing de-escalation zones does not include the armed groups designated by the Security Council as terrorist entities.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“However, the practices of the penholders have proved the existence of a significant gap between the principle and the application of that particular paragraph. The penholders of the humanitarian slogan have violated the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic, which is unacceptable. How can the humanitarian penholders undertake their duties and lead that movement, which is supposedly underpinned by humanitarian drivers, at a time when they have called for this meeting and presented a draft resolution without genuine coordination or consultation with the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic? It is our delegation that is concerned, first and foremost, in the discussion of such a draft resolution.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“History will remember this meeting because it was sought to disrupt the Russian presidency, as was the case on 8 October 2016 when the Russian Federation presided over the Council (see S/PV.7785). Attempts were made by some countries at that time to introduce a draft resolution to disrupt the Russian presidency of the Council. It is a case of history repeating itself, because the objective of this meeting is not to provide humanitarian help the Syrian people, but rather to misuse this agenda item politically and embarrass the Russian presidency. As with previous such resolutions adopted by the Council, the draft resolution (S/20l9/757) before us sets forth in the second preambular paragraph that the Security Council reaffirms "full respect for the sovereignty, independence, unity, and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic".”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Some colleagues have said that combating terrorism does not exempt us from respecting our relevant commitments under international humanitarian law. However, I have not heard those same colleagues say, for example, that producing terrorism does not exempt one from respecting commitments under international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. Both international law and the provisions of the Charter take precedence over international humanitarian law, or they are at least on equal footing. But if international humanitarian law is to be respected, the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations and international law must first be upheld.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“It is now confirmed that the ink of that pen dries up when it comes to the war crimes and crimes against humanity that were committed and are still being committed by what is called the international coalition, led by the United States and its proxies from terrorist organizations and affiliated illegitimate militias. The ink of that pen also dries up when it comes to the illegal foreign presence on the territories ofmy country, be they United States, British, French or Turkish. It dries up, too, when it comes to the repeated Israeli aggressions, encouraged by the silence of the Council and the immunity provided by some permanent members of the Council to the practices of the Israeli-occupying authorities for decades.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): Once again, we find ourselves in the Security Council, facing a surreal, absurd scene that the three Western permanent members of the Council keep repeating as they don the mantle of the humanitarian penholders. Since the last briefing delivered by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (see S/PV.8593), they have engaged in drafting a biased political draft resolution (S/2019/756) - not a humanitarian one - under what they call a ceasefire in north-west Syria.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8623 (2019) · source
“They have perpetrated economic terrorism against the Syrians by imposing and implementing unilateral coercive measures. I advise those who harbour illusions and believe that they can turn Al-Tanf into an occupied pocket like Guantanamo, or Idlib into another Tora Bora, to abandon those illusions. My delegation therefore invites the members of the Council to vote against the draft resolution that has been submitted by the humanitarian penholders.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“It also elides the responsibility of Member States to repatriate the foreign terrorists and their families and to hold them accountable, rather than the practice of some to show indifference and of others to shirk their responsibilities. They revoke the citizenship of those terrorists in order to keep them in Syria, at the expense of the Syrian people. Fourthly, the countries that submitted the draft resolution were hasty, not out of benevolence but in their belligerence against the Syrian State, reflecting the efforts of certain States to undermine the security and stability ofthe region to serve the interests of the Israeli occupation. They joined the illegal global coalition and have stained their history of relations with the Syrian people.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“My country categorically rejects it for many reasons, foremost of which are the following. First, there was no serious consultation and coordination with the key party concerned: the delegation of the Syrian Arab Republic. Secondly, the draft resolution ignores the root causes of the exacerbated humanitarian crisis, namely, the globally supported terrorism, the illegal presence of foreign troops on my country's territories and their policy of imposing a new fait accompli that contravenes the stipulations of the Council's resolutions regarding a full commitment to the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. Thirdly, the draft resolution ignores the need to exclude terrorist groups from the cessation of hostilities, flouting the Sochi and Astana agreements.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“These points are but a few examples that demonstrate the significant efforts, about which there is no doubt, made by the Syrian State at the humanitarian level. This also testifies to the results of international cooperation when there are good intentions and willingness. I reiterate my thanks to the Russian Federation for its efforts to this end. I would recall that had it not been for the support provided by the Syrian Government for the work of the United Nations and other partners in terms of humanitarian action, the United Nations would not have been able to perform the achievements noted in its reports. In the past few weeks, humanitarian penholders have drawn up a draft resolution on my country. The draft has nothing to do with its declared objectives.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“But the terrorist groups supported by occupying United States troops did not allow them to do so and forcibly seized a significant part of the humanitarian assistance and transferred it to one of their posts in the Al-Tanf area. The Syrian Government continues to cooperate with humanitarian partners to address the situation in Al-Hol camp. The Government granted the International Committee of the Red Cross authorization to bring a mobile field hospital into the camp along with 100 technicians and medical personnel, as well as to render assistance to those in need in the camp and surrounding areas. Here we would underscore the responsibility of the countries concerned to withdraw their terrorists and their families from the camp without delay.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“Coordinated Syrian-Russian efforts culminated in the removal from Rukban camp of more than 29,000 civilians who had been held there and in securing temporary shelters to receive them and then move them to areas liberated from the terrorists. The Syrian Government recently facilitated a visit by a United Nations assessment mission and the Syrian Red Crescent, as well as an aid convoy to the camp in the occupied area of Al-Tanf, which is controlled by United States troops and the Maghawir al-Thawra terrorist group. The United Nations, following that visit, announced that only 13,000 people were in the camp and that 37 per cent of them wished to leave and return to the areas controlled by the Government.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“I would recall that the Syrian Government accepted the ceasefire in the de-escalation zone in Idlib effective from 31 August while reserving the right to reply to any violation by terrorists. My Government also coordinated with the friendly Russian side the opening of a second humanitarian corridor in Abu Al-Duhur, in Idlib, in addition to the first humanitarian crossing that had previously been opened in the city of Souran to enable civilians to leave the areas where armed terrorist groups are present - groups that use them as human shields. This would enable those civilians to go to areas that have been liberated from terrorists by the Arab Syrian army and its allies. But terrorist groups, for the seventh day in a row, are targeting and shooting civilians to prevent them from leaving through those two crossings.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“Fourthly, there must be cooperation with the Syrian Government as a key partner at the humanitarian development level, free of any political preconditions, rejected diktats or extortion attempts aimed at undermining reconstruction efforts and the return of refugees. Fifthly, an immediate end must be put to the unilateral coercive measures that have significantly affected the lives of Syrians and impeded their ability to meet their basic daily needs. The Syrian Government is sparing no effort to lend support to and secure the basic needs of all its citizens, wherever they may be on the Syrian territories. The Government is also supporting and facilitating the efforts of the United Nations and its humanitarian partners, in accordance with the guidelines set out in General Assembly resolution 46/182.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“First, there is a need for full respect for the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and its unity and territorial integrity. This is the substantive principle underscored by the Security Council in the more than 20 resolutions that have been adopted over the past eight years on the situation in my country at the humanitarian and political levels. Secondly, there must be support for the efforts of the Syrian Government and its allies in combating the remnants of armed terrorist groups and foreign terrorist fighters to implement the 12 resolutions of the Council on counter-terrorism. Thirdly, there is a need to put an end to the illegal presence of foreign troops on Syrian Arab Republic territories and to end the war crimes and crimes against humanity perpetrated by the illegal global coalition.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“Many realize that some parties have gambled a great deal of money, effort, weapons and diplomacy in the market for Syrian blood, within the Wall Street of terrorism, located in the caves of Idlib. I am pleased to tell those investors that they have lost their bets and investments, which, to themselves and to those they use as tools, will only bring them defeat and debacle on our beloved national soil in Idlib. The truth that is absent in the statements of those countries that have adopted hostile positions against Syria in the Council and in the briefings of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs is that alleviating the situation in Syria and addressing the challenges that the Syrians are facing to secure their basic living needs require the following.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“The Governments of some permanent members of the Council, which are supposed to be entrusted with upholding the principles of our Charter and maintaining international peace and security, continue to misuse the mechanisms of this international Organization, including this important forum, to politicize the humanitarian situation in my country, Syria. They are using it also as an instrument in a hostile campaign aimed at undermining the security and stability of my country, supporting terrorism and levelling accusations aimed at tarnishing the image of the Syrian Government and its allies and at covering up the crimes committed by those same countries and by their allies, proxies and tools in the region.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, and the delegation of your friendly country on the assumption by the Russian Federation of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I also would like to express our deepest appreciation for your country's positions, which are underpinned by the principles of international law and the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, which are defended by your country. A well-known Arab philosopher, Al-Mutanabbi, who lived 1,000 years ago in Baghdad, Damascus and Aleppo, said something that remains very valid today. He said, "If someone does something wrong, then his suspicions worsen". I will explain why that saying is still valid.”
2019-09-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8622 (2019) · source
“We are referring to one Al-Mutairi individual - a staff sergeant in the Kuwaiti army - who is involved in terrorist acts in my country. This is confirmed and not just the talk of The New York Times. We have provided the counter-terrorism subcommittees of the Council with all the necessary evidence, but when we asked to include Shafi Al-Ajmi on the list of terrorist individuals, the delegation of Kuwait opposed it.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): As a matter of fact, I am keen on Kuwait more than my colleague the representative of Kuwait. As I said, we are not levelling these accusations against the Government of Kuwait. However, given that the representative of Kuwait insists on denying the credibility of what I said, this confirms that our suspicions are true. We must not protect terrorism, in accordance with Council resolutions. We are not talking only for the sake of talking. We have provided these names to the relevant counter-terrorism subcommittees. We do what we say. We are not simply basing these accusations on articles from The New York Times, despite their importance. If the Mutairi tribe of 2 million people was all terrorists, then that would be a Kuwaiti disaster. No.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“There is another Kuwaiti terrorist called Al-Jalahma - one of the many terrorists active in Syria, alongside Saudis, Egyptians, Tunisians and others. That does not mean that the Kuwaiti Government sponsors terrorism. We are simply drawing the attention of Governments to the fact that terrorists from their countries come to Syria. They are not Syrians. They are foreign terrorists. It is our right, as a Syrian State, to fight and expel them. If those countries are concerned about them, they should take them back, as we said in our statement. They should return those monsters back to their caves in their countries.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“For years, we have unequivocally proven that there are members of the Kuwaiti Parliament, for instance, who are part of the Salafist movement, such as Al-Tabatabai and Shafi Al-Ajmi. Are not they Kuwaiti nationals? They are two members of Parliament. I believe one of them is still a member of Parliament and the other is a former member. There are video clips on several social media platforms in which those two terrorists encourage the slaughter of Syrians, based on their sectarian and religious affiliation. The New York Times featured a full-page article in 2013 about a staff sergeant called Al-Mutairi, whom we mentioned previously. He alone had sent $400 million to Syria in cash and weapons. He was a staff sergeant in the Kuwaiti army. The representative of Kuwait compels us to mention names.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“Mr. Ja'afari (Syrian Arab Republic) (spoke in Arabic): When we speak of countering terrorism, we refer to terrorism that has led us to suffer for eight years, claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of Syrians and destroyed our infrastructure. When we talk about terrorism and say that an individual is a Kuwaiti, Egyptian, Tunisian, Australian, American or Belgian, it does not mean that we are accusing the Governments of those countries. We are drawing the attention of those Governments to the presence of people sponsoring terrorism in their countries. Salafist movements are known throughout the Gulf, not just in Kuwait. There are Salafist and Wahhabi movements that are influenced by the Saudi Wahhabi ideology. The Kuwaiti Government is well aware of that.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“They constitute economic terrorism that complements the terrorism carried out by terrorist organizations. They represent a cheap and useless attempt at extortion. Its most recent manifestation came through an announcement by the United States Administration to impose sanctions on firms and people participating in the Damascus International Fair.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“It also requires a full and effective commitment to the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic. It also entails support for the efforts of the Syrian Government and its allies in combating terrorism and meeting the basic needs of the Syrian people, promoting reconstruction and facilitating the return of refugees, instead of laying down conditions as we heard today. That has to be done by offering genuine, not promotional, humanitarian assistance and funding the humanitarian response plan, which only received 27 per cent of the funds to date despite the fact that we are in the last third of the year. Moreover, we stress the need to lift the unilateral, coercive economic measures that have been imposed on the Syrian people.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“I would like to draw the attention of our colleague the Ambassador of Kuwait to that piece of information. Huras Al-Din - Guardians of Religion - is a terrorist organization run by United States intelligence and funded by the Kuwaiti Salafist movement. I would ask him to investigate that. In conclusion, the Government of my country values the efforts of the Special Envoy and reiterates its readiness to continue working with him in order to ensure the success of his mission, which is to facilitate an intra-Syrian dialogue that is Syrian-owned and Syrian-led, without any foreign intervention. However, ensuring the success of the Special Envoy's work requires putting an immediate and unconditional end to illegal foreign presence on all Syrian territories.”
2019-08-29 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8609 (2019) · source
“In that regard, we reaffirm that the armed entities present in Idlib, such as Jabhat Al-Nusra, Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, Da'esh, the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, Huras Al-Din and Jaysh Al-Muhajireen Wal-Ansar, among others, are all armed terrorist groups. The efforts of the States sponsoring, recycling and presenting them will not succeed in projecting them as the moderate armed Syrian opposition. Moreover, with the support of our allies, we will not stop defending the lives of our citizens and combating terrorism. Standing alongside Syria today represents the true measure of credibility with regard to the war on terrorism. By the way, the Huras Al-Din organization, which is sponsored by United States intelligence, is also funded by the Kuwaiti Salafist movement.”
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“The report continues, stating that the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham is the sole and effective party controlling armed and unarmed activities in those areas. It is no secret to anyone that the Astana agreement on the de-escalation zones does not cover the armed groups that had been designated by the Security Council as terrorist entities. Furthermore, the Astana agreement stipulated a series of obligations, including those requiring the armed groups that signed the agreement to dissociate themselves from terrorist organizations, especially Da'esh, Jabhat Al-Nusra and all their affiliates. The Astana and Sochi agreements also reaffirmed the right of the Syrian Government and its allies to confront the terrorist organizations regardless of what they called themselves.”
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