MOSCOW, (SANA) – Russia described the EU decision to impose sanctions against the Syrian newspaper al-Watan and Cham Press news website as “irrational” and that it came within the framework of double standards and ignores Damascus’ openness.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Alexander Lukashevich stressed that the EU decision to include the two Syrian newspapers in its black list is surprising since the EU has always claimed to defend the freedom of expression worldwide.
Lukashevich indicated to the sanctions imposed by the EU on Addounia TV.
The Spokesman stressed that the news broadcast by western media are accompanied by allegations of the impossibility of verifying information about the events in Syria due to claims of restricting foreign media freedom and access to Syria, ignoring the Syrian efforts to receive foreign correspondents despite their biased and non-objective reports, referring to the recent visit of the American ABC TV news network representatives to Syria.
He added that the double standards can be seen in criticizing the absence of democratic freedoms at a time they ignore the openness of Damascus and attempts to prevent the Syrian media from reaching the international public opinion.
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