Saudi Arabia has hit back at Russian criticism of its support for the oppressed Syrian people, saying it was Moscow’s continuous military and political support for Damascus that was prolonging the conflict that has already killed more than 140,000 and displaced millions.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman said late Friday that it was persistent Russian backing for Bashar Assad’s regime, and its repeated use of its veto at the UN Security Council, that was blocking a peaceful solution to the conflict.
“This support is the principal reason for the barbarity of the Syrian regime and for the conflict dragging on for three years without hope of a settlement or of an end anytime soon to one of the most serious humanitarian crises of our time,” the spokesman said.
The Saudi official said the Russian move was an attempt to manipulate facts and blame the Kingdom for taking the side of the Syrian people against the aggression.
He said the Syrian regime was using tanks, canons and warplanes and even internationally prohibited chemical weapons in a flagrant violation of all humanitarian and international norms and charters.
“In the light of these compelling and conspicuous facts, what is raising strangeness and astonishment is the continuation of Russia’s support for the criminal regime, despite the regime’s attempts to foil the political solution made by Geneva 2,” the official said.
He added: “Due to the disappointment against the international failure to solve the crisis, the support of Russia for the Syrian regime is raising a lot of questions … Russia has lost a great deal of sympathy among Arabs who feel betrayed.”
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