Moscow. Farid Akberov – APA. Russia's Foreign Ministry lashed out over U.S.-led airstrikes targeting Islamic State militants in Syria in a scathing statement released Tuesday, APA reports quoting the Moscow Times.
The U.S. and five Arab countries launched an aerial campaign against the Islamic State on Monday night, their most coordinated effort yet to rid the conflict-stricken country of the radical militant group that has set up a safe haven amid the turmoil of Syria's ongoing civil war.
In its statement, the Foreign Ministry warned the move violates international law and threatens to further destabilize the situation in the conflict-torn country.
"Any such action can be carried out only in accordance with international law. That implies not a formal, one-sided 'notification' of airstrikes but the presence of explicit consent from the government of Syria or a corresponding U.N. Security Council decision," the statement read.
Describing the U.S.-led move as a bid to "achieve one's own geopolitical goals," the ministry said the air strikes would only "exacerbate tensions and further destabilize the situation."
"Moscow has repeatedly warned that the initiators of such unilateral military actions carry all international legal responsibility for the consequences," the statement said.
The ministry's comments came after President Vladimir Putin criticized the air strikes in a late-night conversation with Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon on Monday, saying the air strikes should not have been launched without the consent of the Syrian government.
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