Syria Slams Canadian-Drafted UN Resolution: ‘Bloody Game Is Over’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Syrian Ambassador to the UN Bashar Ja’afari slammed a Canadian-drafted resolution which called for an "immediate" cessation of combat against militants in the Arab country.
UN members on Friday voted 122 to 13 in favor of the resolution. China, Russia and Iran were three of the 13 countries that voted against it.
“Before calling for holding this meeting and submitting the draft resolution, the Canadian delegation and its partners should have listened to the harrowing accounts about the crimes of terrorist organizations that were told by tens of thousands of our people who were saved by the Syrian army and its allies in Aleppo during the past few days,” Ja’afari said.
He then emphasized that Syria will not be dissuaded by the resolution, Al-Masdar news reported.
“I would like to reassure the states that sponsor terrorism in Aleppo that the Syrian army has up to this point liberated 93% of the areas that terrorists used to control in Aleppo city, and their bloody games is taking its last breaths,” Ja’afari added.
Aleppo, Syria’s second largest city, has been a frontline battleground since 2012, when foreign-backed terrorists captured the city's eastern part.
