The the US attack on the positions of Islamists in the Syrian Arab Republic, committed without the consent of Damascus, violate international law, said in an interview the famous German jurist, Professor of the University of Hamburg Reinhard Merkel. Some time ago He criticized the NATO intervention in Libya as a violation of international law.

according to him, the attacks on the Syrian Arab Republic are illegal military intervention, according to paragraph 4 of article 2 of the UN Charter. Such interference is illegal, because its purpose could be achieved and with the consent of the Syrian authorities, who were willing to interact, said the lawyer.

However, according to Reinhard Merkel, the United States has not filed such an appeal to Damascus, for fear of " losing face " once for many years supported the militants and depicted Bashar al-Assad as " the devil incarnate ".

" So, this intervention, despite its legitimate purpose, is illegal, as the legitimate path was rejected, " said the lawyer. Along with this, He added, about the violation of international law say it will not be necessary, If it turns out that between Damascus and Washington was a secret diplomatic agreement.

German lawyer also said that none of the major opposition groups in the Syrian Arab Republic does not share democratic ideas, and warned about the danger of " again to Express support for the people ". If the U.S. is going to weaken the Syrian government, He added, it will only strengthen the position of the Islamists.

What the West thinks of Bashar al-Assad illegitimate ruler who violated international law, does not justify intervention, said Reinhard Merkel.

He also showed the double standards of Western countries, Recalling the words of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany concerning Damascus: " Who is firing and bombing his own people, loses all legitimacy "." why this does not apply to Eastern Ukraine and the actions of the Ukrainian army, which operates in a similar manner? Isn Kyiv does not attack on its own people and did not bomb it?" He specified.

" You cannot condemn one case and to approve the other, " explained Reinhard Merkel.- Thus discreditied their political and moral arguments, and the arguments of international law ".

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