The Russian Federation will not apologize for policies in Syria, as it acts in the framework of international law, in contrast to the coalition led by the United States.
This was stated by the permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vitaly Churkin.
According to him, the Russian aviation on the territory of Syria there is legally. For help in the fight against terrorist group “Islamic state” to the Russian Federation has addressed legitimate President of Syria Bashar Assad.
All actions VKS RF manifest on the daily briefings of the Ministry of defense. Therefore, to justify anything Russia will not.
“We are not going to make excuses for what we do. We operate in a very transparent way. Our Ministry of defense is conducting daily briefings, our presence there is legal, at the invitation of the Syrian government,” — said Churkin.
According to him, the more questions the international community should occur in Washington, since the U.S.-led coalition does not report on its actions in Syria and Iraq. What the purpose of their strikes, we can only guess. Thus, it is surprising the fact that the West refuses to cooperate with Russia against DAYS.
As previously reported, Russia has offered the United States a scheme of settlement of the crisis in Syria.
