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Briefing by official representative of Russian Defence Ministry Major General Igor Konashenkov Full Transcript
13.04.2018
(18:00)
The
Russian Centre for Reconciliation jointly with the Syrian authorities
is completing the large-scale humanitarian operation in the suburbs
of Damascus – the Eastern Ghouta. In total, 170,152 people have
been evacuated during the operation, including 63,117 militants with
their families.
All
the settlements in the Eastern Ghouta are currently under the control
of the Syrian government.
The
Russian military police has been deployed in the Eastern Ghouta in
order to monitor situation and maintain law enforcement.
As
environment in the suburbs of Damscus stabilizing, people are making
their way back home. In total, some 63,000 people have return to
their homes now. It makes a half of those who had left the area.
The
Syrian government working on rehabilitation of destroyed civilian
infrastructure. Power and water supply systems have been recovered;
reconstruction is underway in the area. People are provided with
medical assistance.
Thus,
the present-day Eastern Ghouta is far from a “black hole” where
no one could get to, but a capital suburb returning to peaceful life.
Situation
is under control of the lawful authorities that is taking measures to
recover trade, adjust prices, render services for civilians, and
rehabilitate schools.
All
conditions are being established to ensure swiftly normalize
environment in the area.
Meanwhile,
residents of the Eastern Ghouta that had suffered violation from
terrorists for many years badly need humanitarian assistance.
Russia
was the first to render this assistance.
The
Russian Centre for Reconciliation has delivered 520 tons of food
supplies, more than 50,000 liters of bottled water, 9,000 sets of bed
linen, and provided with engineering equipment to remove rubbles.
Today,
a convoy carrying construction equipment, trucks, steel tubes for
water supply system, and required equipment for overhauling power
systems have been sent to the city of Douma.
Another
five such convoys are to depart to Douma next week.
It
is to be stressed that all the construction equipment and materials
delivered by the convoys to the Eastern Ghouta shall be handed over
to the UN representatives in Syria for further distribution among
civilians. It is Russia’s contribution to the UN humanitarian
assistance for people in Syria.
One
should pay attention that it is the real help that Russia is
providing to real civilians in Syria, rather than hollow promises
made by some western countries.
Russia
urges world community to join Russia and provide Syrians with
necessary humanitarian aid.
It
is common knowledge that not everybody feels comfortable with such
progress on the way to restoring peaceful life in Syria.
The
Syrian legal government has been receiving from the USA and western
countries baseless and flimsy accusations of alleged chemical attack
against civilians in the Eastern Ghouta.
After
about a week, the USA and some European countries provided no
evidence on alleged using of poisonous agents by the Syrian troops on
April 7 in the city of Douma.
The
Russian Ministry of Defence has overwhelming evidence that in Douma
on April 7 there was a planned provocation in order to deceive the
world community. Its original purpose was to provoke missile strikes
by the USA against Syria.
It
is to be reminded that a video clip recorded at the Douma hospital
where injured people were allegedly brought to is the key ‘evidence’
of all these accusations made by western countries.
However,
we managed to find those who directly had taken part in this footage,
and to ask them questions.
Today,
Russian shows an interview with these people.
Citizens
of Douma told how a staged clip had been recorded, in which episodes
they had participated and what roles they had had.
Besides,
they showed shots with them in the clip.
Both
persons involved in the clip have medical degree and work in
emergency department of the Douma Hospital.
According
to them, those who had been brought to the hospital had no injuries
caused by chemical agents.
When
civilians were receiving first aid, some unidentified people rushed
in the hospital.
Some
of them had video cameras. These people started shouting, spreading
panic, and dousing other people with water. They shouted that all
people in the hospital were victims of chemical weapons use.
Patients
and their relatives started dousing each other with water.
After
the action was filmed, the unknown persons escaped immediately.
As
it can be seen, these Syrians demonstrate themselves at the footage.
It
is to be noted that these people do not hide their names. These are
not some impersonal messages on social networks or statements of
anonymous activists.
It
is to be stressed once again that these are people who became direct
participants in filming these footage.
These
facts are the evidence in the civilized world, and are not unfounded
and irresponsible accusations spread with the aim of hanging labels
and denigrating the leadership of other countries.
Earlier,
Russia had made numerous warns on all levels about provocations of
chemical weapons use organized by insurgents in the Eastern Ghouta.
Today,
there are other evidences at the disposal of the Russian military
department, which testify to the direct participation of Great
Britain in organizing this provocation in the Eastern Ghouta.
The
Russian party knows for certain that from April 3 to 6,
representatives of the so-called White Helmets were influenced by
London for the speedy implementation of the provocation prepared in
advance.
The
White Helmets received information that Jaysh al-Islam militants were
to conduct a series of powerful artillery shelling of Damascus on
April 3 to 6.
This
will promote a response from the government troops, which the White
Helmets’ representatives will have to use to carry out provocations
with alleged chemical weapons.
Today,
a group of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of
Chemical Weapons is arriving in Syria.
The
Russian Reconciliation Centre is ready to provide security and
necessary work conditions in the Eastern Ghouta to them.
The
Russian party hopes that the OPCW group will be guided not by some
third party’s requirements and anonymous pseudo-evidences from
social networks, but will conduct an objective and independent
investigation to ascertain the truth.
The
Russian Defence Ministry is confident that the responsible position
of the OPCW will reduce the degree of tensions in the region and
thereby preserve the fragile peace that was established in Syria.
Taking
into account that peaceful life is returning to the Eastern Ghouta,
the attention is to be drawn to the ongoing humanitarian disaster in
Raqqa, which had been liberated five months ago by the United States
and the countries of the so-called International Coalition.
On
April 10, the World Health Organization (WHO) prepared a report.
The
document indicates that civilians returning to the city of Raqqa are
daily endangered by the huge amount of scattered ammunition and
improvised explosive devices.
According
to the WHO experts, from October 1, 2017 to February 28 2018, more
than 660 Syrians received wounds and injuries of varying severity.
More than 130 people were killed.
Every
day, up to six explosions of civilians occur. In this case, most
often the victims are children and adolescents.
According
to the WHO, there are only two hospitals in Raqqa. They are
overcrowded and fail to provide assistance to all injured.
The
experts emphasize that residents of Raqqa are deprived of
humanitarian aid because of the lack of representative offices of
international profile organizations in the region and the inability
of local authorities to remedy the situation.
Extremely
severe and epidemiological situation is in Raqqa. Until now,
thousands of corpses are decomposing under the ruins of the city.
The
city is 70 percent wiped off the face of the earth as a result of the
bombing by the US AF.
These
are assessments made by representatives of international
organizations.
In
this regard, it is to be reminded that the work of schools,
hospitals, and social institutions has been restored in all
territories liberated from terrorists by the government troops. There
are markets, businesses and housing are being restored.
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