December 10, 2024
UN Security Council satisfies to go over scenario in Syria
Members of the United Nations Security Council have actually held speak to go over the unraveling scenario in Syria adhering to the ousting of President Bashar Assad on Sunday.
“The Council, I think, was more or less united on the need to preserve the territorial integrity and unity of Syria, to ensure the protection of civilians, to ensure that humanitarian aid is coming,” stated Russian UN ambassador Vassily Nebenzia adhering to the emergency situation conference asked for by Moscow.
“But look, everyone was taken by surprise by the events, everyone, including the members of the council. So we have to wait,” to see just how the scenario will certainly advance, he stated.
Russia has actually been a solid ally of Assad and has actually sustained the Syrian program’s armed forces procedures straight because 2015.
Deputy United States Ambassador Robert Wood on the other hand called it “a very fluid situation.”
“No one expected the Syrian forces to fall like a house of cards,” he proceeded.
Woods kept in mind that “just about everyone spoke about the need for Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence to be respected, and concern about the humanitarian situation,” showing the council is working with a joint declaration.
“The intention is for the council to speak with one voice on the situation in Syria,” he stated.
China’s UN Ambassador Fu Cong stated after the council conference that “the situation needs to be stabilized and there has to be an inclusive political process, and also there should not be a resurgence of terrorist forces.”
Syria’s UN ambassador Koussay Aldahhak informed press reporters that his polite objective and all Syrian consular offices abroad had actually been advised to proceed doing their task and preserve the state establishment throughout the duration of change.
“Now we are waiting for the new government, but meanwhile we are continuing with the current one and the leadership,” he stated, including that Syrian Foreign Minister Bassam Sabbagh– that was assigned by Assad– was still in Damascus.
“We are with the Syrian people. We will keep defending and working for the Syrian people. So we will continue our work until further notice,” Aldahhak informed press reporters outside the council.
