2023-05-24 22:22:53
Syria on Wednesday described France’s attitude as “hysteria” after statements the day before by its head of diplomacy saying she was in favor of a trial of the president Bachar al-Assad.
Interviewed on the television channel on Tuesday France 2 by a journalist who asked him: “Do you want him to be judged? “, there Minister of Foreign Affairs Catherine Colonna said: “The answer is yes. The fight against crimes, against impunity is one of the values of French diplomacy. »
“We have recently been following the hysteria and isolated positions of French diplomacy, which have lost their meaning after the historic decisions of the Arab summit in Saudi Arabia on Syria,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday. communicated. “French diplomacy against the tide must review its positions,” added the ministry, also accusing France of seeking “to restore the legacy of the colonial era”.
Back on the regional scene
Bashar al-Assad made his return to the regional scene by participating last week in Saudi Arabia at the top of the Arab Leagueafter being excluded for more than a decade.
The French minister underlined that the lifting of the European sanctions imposed since 2011 on the regime of Damas was “definitely not” on the agenda, as was a change in France’s position vis-à-vis the Syrian president. The Arab League had expelled the Syrian regime at the end of 2011 for its repression of a popular uprising which degenerated into a devastating war, before reinstating it on May 7th.
After the devastating earthquake of 6 February in Syria, the EU and the UNITED STATES had eased their sanctions imposed on the Syrian government since 2011. The war in Syriawhere the fighting has almost ceased, has killed around 500,000 people, as well as millions of refugees and displaced persons.
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