EU Countries Violated International Law By Blocking Syrians From Voting - Ambassador
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published July 09, 2021 | 10:20 AM
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 09th July, 2021) The decision by some European Union countries to prevent Syrian expats from voting in the Syrian presidential election was a violation of international law, Hasan Khaddour, Syrian Ambassador in Vienna, told Sputnik.
In late May, Syrian President Bashar Assad won the country's second presidential election since the onset of the ongoing civil war, securing 95.1% of votes. Several EU countries plus Turkey prevented their Syrian residents from exercising their right to vote, calling the election illegitimate.
"Doing this is a violation of international law. This is the right of any Syrian, like other people in other countries. They have the right to participate. So obstacles erected by certain countries are a clear violation of both humanitarian and international law," Khaddour said.
He noted that many Western countries have a hypocritical approach to Syria, on the one hand saying that they support its people, while on the other hand banning them from participating in elections.
"This is very contradictory. I don't want to involve myself into talking about double standards but it is clearly about double standards," the diplomat remarked.
Khaddour further stressed that such actions were meant to break the trust between the Syrian people and the government. According to the ambassador, those benefiting from it would not be Syrians, but those who are interested in keeping them as refugees under the pretext of protection from an oppressive "regime" and preventing them from expressing their opinion.
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