Deal must end appalling Syria suffering: Ban
16 Sept 2013 4:43 AM IST
UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Friday welcomed a Russian-US deal on Syria’s chemical weapons but said it must be a stepping stone to ending the ‘appalling suffering’ of Syrians, a spokeswoman said.
Ban pledges UN support to implementing the accord reached by Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US secretary of state John Kerry, said a UN spokeswoman Vannina Maestracci.
‘The secretary general expresses his fervent hope that the agreement will, first, prevent any future use of chemical weapons in Syria and, second, help pave the path for a political solution to stop the appalling suffering inflicted on the Syrian people,’ she added.
He had also expressed skepticism that Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad would keep to any plan drawn up to put his banned chemical arms under international control.
Ban pledges UN support to implementing the accord reached by Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US secretary of state John Kerry, said a UN spokeswoman Vannina Maestracci.
‘The secretary general expresses his fervent hope that the agreement will, first, prevent any future use of chemical weapons in Syria and, second, help pave the path for a political solution to stop the appalling suffering inflicted on the Syrian people,’ she added.
He had also expressed skepticism that Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad would keep to any plan drawn up to put his banned chemical arms under international control.
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