Germany’s Annalena Baerbock Warns Saudi Arabia against Syria Normalization

May 17, 2023 –
From Syria 360

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned during her visit to Saudi Arabia against what she called “unconditional normalization” of relations with Syrian President Bashar Assad. Baerbock said Assad should not be “rewarded for the most serious human rights violations on a daily basis.”

These rogue policies and statements coming from the U.S. and Europe show everything that is wrong in the West and despised by the rest of the world; the colonial and imperialist mindset. Western political elites cannot fathom the fact that the days of the US-led world order are coming to an end and a multipolar world will replace such arrogance with diplomacy and equality.

Emirati influencer and journalist Ebrahim Hashem criticized Baerbock’s statements saying “Syria’s return to occupy its seat at the Arab League is primarily an Arab matter. Foreigners can complain and protest all they want; the Arabs no longer pay attention to them.”

Syria’s return to occupy its seat at the Arab League is primarily an Arab matter.

Foreigners can complain and protest all they want; the Arabs no longer pay attention to them.

Particularly, the Arabs don’t listen to foreigners who have played a destructive role in the Arab… pic.twitter.com/Enadondpde

— Ebrahim Hashem 李思瑞 إبراهيم هاشم (@EbrahimHashem) May 16, 2023

Syria’s return to occupy its seat at the Arab League is primarily an Arab matter. Foreigners can complain and protest all they want; the Arabs no longer pay attention to them. Particularly, the Arabs don’t listen to foreigners who have played a destructive role in the Arab world over recent decades. If they are interested in win-win relations, foreigners, especially those who appear to be interested in keeping the region in a permanent state of chaos and conflicts for their own selfish gains, should adjust their policies and align their interests with those of the region — not the other way round. Plus, coming and trying to lecture the Arabs on “human rights”, while their own human rights record is dismal, won’t get foreigners any points. It only elicits derision and exposes their double standards. The world is no longer in early 1990s or even early 2020s; the Arabs see through the foreign officials’ hypocrisy and don’t accept condescension, especially from those whose policies have been detrimental to regional stability and prosperity. Some foreign officials are unaware that they behave amateurishly and sound crude. They seem to lack essential understanding of world affairs and basic diplomatic etiquette; they obviously need re-education and re-training. Arab officials are a lot more sophisticated and educated than many of their foreign counterparts. Perhaps, Arab officials should offer to give them training on the art of diplomacy and world affairs.

In this video, Kevork Almassian discusses the U.S. and some European governments’ attempts to block the process of Arab countries’ normalization with Syria, a first step toward a stable and prosperous Middle East.

Source: Syria360.wordpress.com