The actions of Western countries raising funds for Syria’s aid and at the same time retaining sanctions against it are absurd, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mariya Zakharova told a briefing at the Russian Foreign Ministry. Thus, the diplomat commented on the Third International Donor Conference «Supporting the future of Syria and the region», held in Brussels under the auspices of the EU and the UN.
«This is a real absurdity - on the one hand, to collect money, millions of dollars to help Syria and Syrians, talk about their plight, organize non-governmental funds, transfer huge amounts of money to these funds and structures. On the other hand, impose blocking sanctions. These things absolutely contradict each other,» Zakharova, in particular, emphasized.
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