I also express our constant support to and solidarity withthe independent countries including Syria and Palestine and their peoples in their unyielding struggle to defend the national dignity, sovereignty and territorial integrity

n afghanistan syria libya yemen and in other hot spots all external actors have to show an understanding of the cultural and civilizational specifics of society rejecting politician politicization of humanitarian assistance and assisting the creation of broadly representative bodies of authority that would involve all major ethnic religious and political forces of the relevant countries

he continuation of the Syrian crisis, which has entered its 11th year, with all the humanitarian pain it bears for the Syrian citizen inside and outside the country, has remained as witness to the fact, that absence of consensusand international will, from one side, and external interventions from another side, were the main reasonsforp rolonging this bloody conflict.

We also call for an end toforeigninterference in Syria and full respect for its sovereignty and territorial integrity, while we support the search for a peaceful and negotiated solution to the situation imposed on that sister nation.

The adoption of the resolution extending the mandate for delivering cross-border humanitarian aid into Syria was encouraging. It offers hope of finding a political solution to the long-lasting conflict.