Turkey's ambassador to UN Feridun Sinirlioglu accuses UAE of embarking on a campaign to stifle democratic movement in region
Permanent representative of Turkey to the UN, Feridun Sinirlioglu, makes a speech during the UN Security Council meeting in New York, US on April 23, 2019.
Turkey’s ambassador to UN Feridun Sinirlioglu accused the UAE on Wednesday of embarking on a campaign to stifle democratic movements in the region, citing Abu Dabi’s “excessive ambition” to dominate the broader region “resulted in nothing but human suffering.”The UAE is a part of a Saudi Arabian-led coalition that launched a devastating air campaign to roll back Houthi territorial gains in 2015, further escalating the crisis in Yemen.
“UAE’s actions amounted to war crimes, causing mass civilian casualties and systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure through air strikes,” Sinirlioglu said in a letter to the Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The government was founded in 2015 under a UN-led agreement, but efforts for a long-term political settlement failed due to a military offensive by Haftar’s militias.
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