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UN Obligated to Hold US Accountable for Stealing Syria’s Oil – Syrian Foreign Ministry

© AFP 2023 / DELIL SOULEIMANA US soldier patrols near an oil field in al-Qahtaniyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, close to the border with Turkiye, on June 14, 2023
A US soldier patrols near an oil field in al-Qahtaniyah in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, close to the border with Turkiye, on June 14, 2023 - Sputnik International, 1920, 26.09.2023
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) – The United Nations have an obligation to hold the United States accountable for plundering Syria’s oil resources which amount to losses of $115 billion for Damascus, Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbah stressed on Tuesday.
“Our latest statistics show that the total value of direct and indirect losses to the oil sector in Syria have exceeded 115 billion US dollars. We believe that the United Nations is obligated to hold the United States accountable and ask it to return this looted money to the Syrians,” Bassam stated as he addressed the UN General Assembly.
Bassam’s remarks came when addressing US and Turkish illegal military presence on Syrian soil in violation of its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, which is also used to support an array of separatist militias and terrorist groups.
The Syrian official also condemned the “infiltration” by several western political and military officials among others, to occupied areas of the country, in disregard to Syria’s sovereignty. – “This is considered a flagrant interference in its internal affairs,” Bassam said.
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In addition, Syria called for an independent United Nations investigation into the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, the offcial emphasized.
When asked whether there should be an independent United Nations investigation on the pipelines sabotage, al-Sabbagh said, "Of course.”

"It goes without saying. There has to be [one]... Usually, when countries request such an investigation, the United Nations should respond to it," Bassam highlighted.

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Denmark, Germany, and Norway have left Russia out of their investigations into the attacks, prompting Moscow to launch its own investigation. Russian officials have characterized the attacks as international terrorism.
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