Παρέμβαση του State Department για Συρία και Ιράν

Έκκληση του State Department προς τη Ρωσία για την Συρία- Παρέμβαση για τα βασικά δικαιώματα του Ιρανικού λαού-Το καθεστώς Άσαντ να τερματίσει τις βάρβαρες επιθέσεις κατά αμάχων

 
Τώρα, περισσότερο από ποτέ, η Ρωσία και η διεθνής κοινότητα πρέπει να στηρίξουν σθεναρά την απρόσκοπτη πρόσβαση της ανθρωπιστικής βοήθειας σε όλους τους πολίτες της Συρίας και να αυξήσουν την πίεση προς το καθεστώς Άσαντ να διαπραγματευτεί με αξιοπιστία μια μόνιμη πολιτική επίλυσης της σύγκρουσης μέσω της διαδικασίας του ΟΗΕ, αναφέρει σε δήλωσή της η εκπρόσωπος του Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών των ΗΠΑ, Heather Nauert. Αναλυτικά η δήλωση:

 
The United States welcomes the urgent and long awaited medical evacuations that took place over the past forty-eight hours from Eastern Ghouta in Syria.

We also extend our gratitude to the humanitarian and medical professionals on the ground for their compassion and tireless work. Their dedication and efforts to save lives in the most difficult of environments illustrate the best in humanity.

Although the evacuation and treatment of 29 of the more than 600 critically ill patients is a step in the right direction, the United States remains extremely concerned about the dire situation in Eastern Ghouta and the continued ruthless siege by the Assad regime. Hundreds in the besieged area still await medical evacuation, and many have died as they wait. It is a cruel reminder of the regime’s unbridled brutality. In Eastern Ghouta, the Syrian regime continues to deliberately use tactics to starve Syrian civilians, including women and children, block humanitarian aid and critically needed medical supplies, and bomb hospitals, medical personnel, and first responders, all to preserve its grasp on power. No aid convoys were given access during the entire month of December. If proper medications and supplies were allowed, more than half of those needing medical evacuation could stay in Ghouta. Bashar al-Assad and his regime continue to regard the lives of the Syrian people as nothing more than bargaining chips. Katr Alnada, a critically ill six-month-old baby girl who ultimately died before being evacuated, is only one of many heartbreaking examples.

We repeat our call on Russia to live up to its obligations to ensure that the Assad regime ends these barbaric attacks against civilians in Syria. The Syrian regime must allow all medical evacuations in the besieged area, as well as the flow of medical supplies and humanitarian aid. Now, more than ever, Russia and the international community must vigorously support unhindered humanitarian access to all of Syria and pressure the Assad regime to credibly negotiate a lasting political resolution to the conflict through the UN-led Geneva process.

 
State Department: We urge all nations to publicly support the Iranian people and their demands for basic rights and an end to corruption

Σε δήλωσή της σχετικά με τις ειρηνικές διαδηλώσεις στο Ιράν η Heather Nauert ανέφερε: We are following reports of multiple peaceful protests by Iranian citizens in cities across the country. Iran’s leaders have turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed, and chaos. As President Trump has said, the longest-suffering victims of Iran’s leaders are Iran’s own people.

The United States strongly condemns the arrest of peaceful protesters. We urge all nations to publicly support the Iranian people and their demands for basic rights and an end to corruption.

On June 14, 2017, Secretary Tillerson testified to Congress that he supports “those elements inside of Iran that would lead to a peaceful transition of government. Those elements are there, certainly as we know.” The Secretary today repeats his deep support for the Iranian people.