Churkin calls for closing Syrian, Turkish borders to stop support for terrorists

New York, SANA-Russia’s permanent envoy to the UN Vitally Churkin called for closing the Turkish-Syrian borders through which oil and relics are being smuggled from territories seized by ISIS terrorist organization towards Turkey.

“Russia considers closing the borders as an urgent issue in order to stop the support offered to the terrorists,” Churkin said at a session for UN Security Council on Thursday, adding that his country calls for the spread of independent observers along those borders.

He also suggested to consider a possibility to impose a full commercial embargo against ISIS, affirming that the largest operations of oil smuggle are mainly done from Iraq through the Turkish lands, and the transporting of gunmen and arms are also made through borders between Turkey and Syria.

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