{"id":16549,"date":"2016-01-16T11:36:19","date_gmt":"2016-01-16T16:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=16549"},"modified":"2016-01-16T11:36:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T16:36:34","slug":"west-using-madaya-humanitarian-crisis-in-syria-to-undermine-peace-talks-russian-dep-envoy-to-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=16549","title":{"rendered":"\u2018West using Madaya, humanitarian crisis in Syria to undermine peace talks\u2019 \u2013 Russian dep envoy to UN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018West using Madaya, humanitarian crisis in Syria to undermine peace talks\u2019 \u2013 Russian dep envoy to UN<\/a><\/h3>\n
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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 \u00a9 Omar Sanadiki \/ Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The West is attempting to derail the upcoming Syrian peace talks by using the humanitarian blockade of besieged cities as an \u201cunscrupulous tactic,\u201d Russia\u2019s deputy ambassador to the UN told the Security Council.<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt 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,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Vladimir Safronkov\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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However, the sudden concern clearly exposes a\u00a0\u201cdouble standard,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Safronkov said, as the West is solely focused on Madaya \u2013 which is besieged by the Syrian Army \u2013 while it ignores situations in other territories that are blocked or held by anti-Assad militants.<\/p>\n

\u201cMuch 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,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the deputy ambassador pointed out.<\/p>\n

Questioning the sincerity of the Western powers, Safronkov accused them of making\u00a0\u201cunnecessary noise\u201d<\/em>\u00a0after months of silence over the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria.<\/p>\n

According to the\u00a0UN<\/a>, tens of thousands of Syrians have been cut off from food and essential supplies since at least October of 2015.<\/p>\n

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