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Washington must “respond,” but “respond to people for its crimes,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday, commenting on US President Joe Biden’s remarks about a recent drone attack on the Syrian-Jordanian border area that killed three American soldiers.
“He said a phrase, but did not finish it: Washington will ‘respond,’ but only to people for its crimes. For some reason, it is not held responsible before the law for those terrible, criminal, and illegal actions that it took against so many countries and peoples,” Zakharova said in response to a question from Anadolu during a press conference in Moscow.
“It is time for Washington to answer for its crimes, and they only know how to respond with force, to use force, which does not lead to resolving situations, but only aggravate them,” she said.
In reaction to the Jan. 27 drone attack in the Syrian-Jordanian border area that killed three US troops, President Joe Biden said Washington “will respond,” saying the attack was “carried out by radical Iran-backed militant groups operating in Syria and Iraq.”
When asked about the UN International Court of Justice hearing on Ukraine’s lawsuit against Russia in the case of “allegations of genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide,” Zakharova said the Russian team will be present in The Hague on Friday.
“We expect the court to show impartiality and independence as the main judicial body of the UN organization,” she emphasized.
Substantive comments would be provided after the announcement of the decision, she said.
