Illegal Actions of West Created Conditions for Terrorism in Africa, Russian UN Envoy Says

"Swift expansion of international terrorism is something that began in African countries after the Western military aggression against Libya in 2011. At that time, under the pretext of the “responsibility to protect” concept, they disrupted Libyan statehood and economy. These tragic events created a breeding ground for enhancing and upscaling the terrorists' potential on the continent. Today, Western states are speechifying about the so-called conditions conducive to terrorism in Africa, hushing up the fact that their own illegal actions and their miscalculations are on the top of the list of those conditions," he said.

"Under the pretext of fighting terrorism, former colonial powers continue to impose their military presence in the region. And this presence is no longer welcomed by African countries, inter alia because the ineffectiveness of these so-called counter-terrorism operations by Western countries is more than obvious," he emphasized.