The Syrian crisis was mentioned on On Thursday, delegations from the Arab League, European Union, Egypt, France, Germany, Iraq, Jordan, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia , Turkey and the United Kingdom met in Washington. The participant countries reiterated their commitment to finding a political solution in Syria.
The US State Department issued a joint written statement of the Delegation.
“We are committed to seeking a political solution to the Syrian crisis through United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 2254, which will protect the rights and dignity of all Syrians,” the joint statement read.
Highlighting “unacceptable suffering” of Syrian people like the 11th birthday of the uprising for peaceful syria on March 15, 2011 approach, “We call for a nationwide ceasefirefire and respect for international humanitarian law. We continue to emphasize the importance of unimpeded access to life-saving humanitarian aid by all means, including by re-authorizing cross-border humanitarian distribution as well as first aid and rescue projects in line with UNSC Resolution 2585. We reaffirm our support for unity and territorial integrity of Syria and our commitment to fight against All shapes of terrorism.”
The statement called for concrete results from the seventh round of the meeting of the Syrian Constitutional Commission to be held this month, reiterating the importance of Geir Pedersen, UN Special Envoy support and efforts throughout the process.
“We will continue to push for a full Account of missing peoplefreeing those who are arbitrarily in especially detention and accountability for serious crimes committed in Syria, including use of chemical weapons”, the declaration also underline.
Pointing out that all efforts regarding the prosecution of crimes committed in Syria are welcome statement also called for continued support to Syrian refugees and a host of countries until the Syrians voluntarily return to their homes in safety and dignity according to the standards of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
