Churkin regards abduction of bishops attempt to aggravate religions contradictions in Syria

admin | 26 April 2013

April 25, 2013

Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin

Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin

The abduction of two Christian bishops in Syria indicates that extremists are willing to deepen contractions between religious communities, Russian ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said.

“We condemn the capture by the armed opposition of Aleppo metropolitans of the Greek Orthodox and Syriac Orthodox Churches. This criminal provocation once again confirms that the extremists are staking on aggravating ethnic and religious contradictions,” he said at a UN Security Council session.

The abduction “took place two days after the national coalition presented its declaration in Istanbul guaranteeing equal rights to minorities, including religious minorities,” Churkin said.

“This can only mean that either the coalition leaders do not deserve confidence or don’t control the situation as the incident took place near the Turkish border in so-called liberated territories that are receiving generous foreign assistance,” the diplomat said.

It was reported earlier that militants captured two Christian bishops near the Syrian-Turkish border. The bishops became the most high-ranking Christian clergymen to be captured during two years of the conflict in Syria.

Source: Interfax-Religion

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