Polyansky: The illegal US military presence on Syrian territory hinders its stability

New York, Russian Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Dmitry Polyansky stressed the necessity of ending the illegal military presence of the US occupation forces on Syrian territory. ''Russia insists that maintaining permanent stability in Syria is achieved by ending the foreign military presence there, which is a clear violation of Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Russia also called on Israeli occupation authorities to unconditionally stop their attacks on Syrian territory, Polyansky said. ''We see from today's speech by the US envoy that interference into the affairs of states they don't like and attempts at destabilizing the situation there continue to be Washington's deliberate choice. We are observing consequences of this egoistic policy in the Middle East and not only there,' Polyansky stressed. Polyansky noted that despite the bright goals announced by Washington regarding 'fighting terrorism', it still harbors ISIS terrorists and other groups in its illegal military presence, such as al-Tanf base, which is affiliated with the American occupation. Source: Syrian Arab News Agency