Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 17-04-2018
The International Relations Department (Dirco) says it’s concerned about the airstrikes conducted by the United Kingdom, the United States and French military in the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
The United States, France and Britain launched 105 missiles on Saturday targeting what the Pentagon said were three chemical weapons facilities in Syria, in retaliation for a suspected poison gas attack in the Syrian town of Douma on 7 April.
Dirco says from the onset, when the Syrian crisis broke out, South Africa had consistently and constantly called for a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
“The alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria cannot be a justification for military airstrikes in a territory of a sovereign state without the authorization of the UNSC.”
Dirco has also condemned the use of chemical weapons by any party in the Syrian territory.
“We remain steadfast in our principled position that the issue should be resolved in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).”
Dirco has urged all members of the UNSC to shoulder their UN Charter mandate for the maintenance of international peace and security and double all efforts towards a peaceful non-military solution that respects and guarantees the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria.
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