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‘West using Madaya, humanitarian crisis in Syria to undermine peace talks’ – Russian dep envoy to UN

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‘West using Madaya, humanitarian crisis in Syria to undermine peace talks’ – Russian dep envoy to UN

A Syrian national flag flutters near residents who said they have received permission from the Syrian government to leave the besieged town as they wait with their belongings after an aid convoy entered Madaya, Syria, January 14, 2016 © Omar Sanadiki
A Syrian national flag flutters near residents who said they have received permission from the Syrian government to leave the besieged town as they wait with their belongings after an aid convoy entered Madaya, Syria, January 14, 2016 © Omar Sanadiki / Reuters
The West is attempting to derail the upcoming Syrian peace talks by using the humanitarian blockade of besieged cities as an “unscrupulous tactic,” Russia’s deputy ambassador to the UN told the Security Council.
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“It looks like that, under the pretext of the deterioration of the situation in besieged cities, attempts are being made to undermine the launch of the inter-Syrian dialogue scheduled for January 25,” Vladimir Safronkov told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.

Britain, France and the US requested the urgent talks after reports from Madaya revealed the direness of the situation in the Syrian city of 42,000 following months of blockade.

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However, the sudden concern clearly exposes a “double standard,” Safronkov said, as the West is solely focused on Madaya – which is besieged by the Syrian Army – while it ignores situations in other territories that are blocked or held by anti-Assad militants.

“Much is being said about Madaya, but not a word about the villages of Nubul and Az-Zahra in the province of Aleppo. And we are talking about the fate of tens of thousands of people,” the deputy ambassador pointed out.

Questioning the sincerity of the Western powers, Safronkov accused them of making “unnecessary noise” after months of silence over the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria.

According to the UN, tens of thousands of Syrians have been cut off from food and essential supplies since at least October of 2015.

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