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Vershinin

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2019-05-28
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  1. “I do not think anyone here has any doubts that they are terrorists. I also listened carefully to the representative of Belgium, speaking on behalf of the humanitarian troika of Germany, Kuwait and Belgium, who expressed some interesting thoughts that we should unquestionably all consider together. I have some questions, too. When people talk about how all the parties in Idlib should absolutely comply with and abide by international humanitarian law, needless to say I would like to know exactly what parties they are referring to. If they mean the Government and the opposition, I understand that. But are they also talking about the 99 per cent of Idlib territory that, as I said, is currently controlled by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham, which is on the Council's list of terrorist organizations? I have questions about that.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  2. “We urge all interested parties to unite their efforts, because together we can eradicate terrorism, accelerate post-conflict reconstruction and assist in the voluntary return home of refugees and internally displaced persons. I would like to thank the Council for its attention. I have listened very attentively to everything that has been said here. We take note of our partners' concerns. I want to say that what Assistant Secretary-General Mueller said is important to us. The simple questions that she asked at the end of her statement about what must be done to protect civilians clearly require our consideration and direct action. I too have some simple questions about that, such as what can and should the Security Council do to ensure that the millions of people in Idlib we are talking about today are no longer held hostage by terrorists?”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  3. “Since 18 July 2018 Russian assistance in Syria has helped to restore 856 education and 168 medical institutions, to repair of five road bridges and more than 1,000 kilometres of road, to lay more than 968 kilometres of power lines, and return to functioning 143 water supply plants, 196 bakeries, 645 electrical sub-stations and 14,305 industrial enterprises. We are also deploying humanitarian and demining efforts. Listening to statistics is dull work, but I would like to hear similar dull statistics from our friends and partners too, because everything being done is in the interests of improving the humanitarian situation in Syria.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  4. “The majority have also left the temporary settlements in Horns and have returned to their homes in areas under Syrian Government control. Incidentally, the settlements were visited by representatives of United Nations specialized agencies, specifically the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, at the beginning of May, when they were able to verify that the necessary conditions for receiving refugees were in place. The international community should support the stabilization processes in Syria that will enable progress on a political settlement and the improvement of the humanitarian situation. Russia will do its part, and we have no intention of politicizing humanitarian issues.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  5. “There is a severe shortage of water, food, medical personnel, medicines and medical services in Al-Hol, and thanks to the impossibility of ensuring basic personal hygiene, infectious diseases are spreading in the camp. The standards for sheltering people have been significantly exceeded and more than 15,000 people have been obliged to live in dugouts. We also think it is important to complete people's voluntary departure from Rukban camp as quickly as possible. Obstructing that process is simply immoral. States with an influence on the Maghawir Al-Thawra militias should put pressure on them to stop terrorizing the temporarily displaced and allow them to leave the camp. More than 13,000 people have left Rukban since the end of March.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  6. “We are seeing a rise in tensions there, and in our view the only way to avert a large-scale escalation and establish a reliable process of national reconciliation is by ending the illegal United States-led international occupation and establishing a dialogue between the local ethnic communities and the Syrian authorities. We should pay very close attention to the situation in Raqqa, Hajin, Baghouz, and every town that is still in ruins and not in a fit state for civilians to live in. We must continue to focus ourjoint efforts on what is happening in the Al-Hol camp, where the situation is disastrous. As has been said today, more than 73,000 people are living there in terrible conditions, more than 47,000 of whom are children under the age of 18.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  7. “The Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham militias make fake announcements for mass information outlets that are then picked up by the Western media. Thus on 19 May announced that Damascus was alleged to have used chlorine near Kabani, in the hills in Latakia governorate. We want to once again draw the attention of the Secretariat, the specialized United Nations agencies and all of our colleagues to the importance of carefully checking any information received. Against a backdrop of newly alarmist statements about Idlib the Security Council should be sure to keep the worrying situation on the eastern bank of the Euphrates, which is not under the control of the Syrian Government, on its agenda.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  8. “Russia is committed to the agreements on stabilizing Idlib and to our memorandum of understanding with Turkey of 17 September 2018. I want to remind the Council that it affirms the parties' determination to continue fighting the terrorists. We are particularly concerned about the terrorist leadership's efforts to exacerbate the situation using fabricated evidence, including with regard to the alleged use of chemical weapons by Government forces. According to our information, a separate structure, known as the chemical branch, has been created within Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham for the purposes of staging chemical attacks. It is headed by Abu Basir Al-Britani of the Haras Al-Din group affiliated with Al-Qaida. The chemical branch's head office, which plans and coordinates the staging for filming fake attacks, is in Idlib.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  9. “In response to this kind of aggressive action, the Russian Aerospace Forces are providing the necessary support to the Syrian Government forces to drive the terrorists out of the areas being used to shell Russian bases and Syrian armed forces' positions in order to crush the hotbeds of terrorist activity in the southern areas of the Idlib de-escalation zone. According to intelligence data, in all of the areas where there is fighting, the Syrian armed forces are clashing with illegal armed groups from Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham. As we know, that means terrorists. The strikes by the Syrian armed forces and the Russian Aerospace Forces are directed exclusively at terrorist targets that have been verified by intelligence.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  10. “The Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham militias are terrorizing the local population and using civilian infrastructure for military purposes. They are also using civilians as human shields. They are not bothered about verifying their targets. On 12 May, as a result ofa terrorist attack on a preschool education centre in Al-Suqaylabiyah, a Christian town in north-western Hama governorate, four children and one woman died, and around 10 children were injured. Yesterday, that same town and the village of Muhradah were attacked twice, injuring residents and doing significant damage to civilian infrastructure.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  11. “The attacks on Russian military facilities in Syria using of multiple rocket launch systems and combat drones continue, representing a direct threat to the security of Russian military personnel who are in Syria entirely legitimately. In the last month alone terrorists shelled the Khmeimim base seven times. On 19 May, the anti-aircraft system at the base shot down six rockets and destroyed two combat drones. On 21 May, militias from illegal armed groups shelled Khmeimim four times with rocket-launchers, firing l7 rockets. The most recent attack was on 22 May, when four rockets were launched. Terrorists are continuing their aggressive activity from southern areas of the Idlib de-escalation zone, with three attacks taking place in April and another 18 already this month, in May. The Council can judge for itself.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  12. “In November, the influence of the Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham militias had spread across 60 per cent of the Idlib de-escalation zone, and they now control 99 per cent. Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham's aggressive actions and its shelling of towns and Syrian Government positions are a threat to the civilian population and have resulted in the deaths of civilians, including women and children. In April and May, Russia identified 398 violations of the ceasefire by the militias in the Idlib de-escalation zone. During that time, the terrorists' shelling killed 76 Syrian military personnel and wounded 194, while 19 civilians were killed and 42 injured. I am purposely citing these statistics, and I will cite more, to make it clear that we are not talking about statements but about real people who are dying at the hands of terrorists.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source

  13. “Mr. Vershinin (Russian Federation) (spoke in Russian): I am very pleased to be here in the Council today to participate in this regular but nonetheless very important discussion of the current situation in Syria, particularly on the humanitarian front. I think that today's exchange will help us to better understand all aspects of the situation and to consider it in the way it should be considered by the Security Council and the United Nations, objectively and impartially. I would like to thank Ms. Mueller, Assistant Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, for her briefing on the situation in Syria. First of all, I want to say that we share the concerns about the situation in and around Idlib.”

    2019-05-28 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.8535 (2019) · source