On Friday, China urged the United States to end the looting, withdraw its troops from Syria, and remove unilateral sanctions against Damascus, Sputnik review.
This was stated by the spokeswoman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning.
"China urges the United States to truly respect the sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity of other states, and to immediately end its illegal military presence in Syria and the plundering of the country," Mao said.
Gringo Congress rejected troop withdrawal
China's pronouncement comes two days after the US Lower House of Congress refused to withdraw US troops from Syrian territory.
The draft resolution, promoted by Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, had the support of 103 congressmen, while 321 voted against.
After the vote, Gaetz said the US work in Syria "doesn't reduce the chaos. It often causes chaos, the same chaos that later leads to terrorism."
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said that despite the Syrian crisis marking its 350.000th anniversary, the deaths of at least 14.000 people and the urgent need for humanitarian aid for another XNUMX billion, "the United States still believes it is too early to withdraw its troops and is not seeking to suspend its illegal military presence in Syria," she said.
Syrian Foreign Ministry pronounces
On the other hand, on Thursday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria He rejected the statements by the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in which he ratifies the aggressive and coercive policy against the Arab country.
In a statement, the Syrian Foreign Ministry highlights that without the financing, support and weapons of the United States and its allies, armed organizations would not have been able to carry out hundreds of crimes in Syria.
