The US is pressuring the UN by begging for humanitarian aid for the residents of the Rukban camp in Syria, which then goes to supply the fighters, according to a joint statement by the Russian and Syrian interagency coordination headquarters.
"The United States is using the current situation to put pressure on the UN leadership, regularly raising the issue of the need to deliver humanitarian aid to the residents of the camp. At the same time, the Americans actually expect to use the said cargo to supply the militants operating in the area under their control, as has happened more than once," the statement reads.
Russia and Syria put the responsibility for the situation in the camp on the American side. The document says that the US is preventing the dismantling of the camp, which is the main obstacle to the restoration of sovereignty and peaceful life in the Syrian Arab Republic. However, the Syrian authorities are ready to accept all citizens held in Rukban and ensure their safety and decent living conditions.
The Russian-Syrian statement refers to the Rukban camp as an American "conveyor belt" for training extremists to maintain hotbeds of tension in Syria.
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti