Azerbaijani FM addresses UN Security Council Meeting on situation in Syria
Baku, September 28 (AZERTAC). Azerbaijani Minister of Foreign Affairs Elmar Mammadyarov has attended the UN Security Council Meeting on the situation in Syria.
The Minister said official Baku welcomes the adoption of resolution 2118 (2013), and expresses its hope that “the unanimous and strong position demonstrated today by the Security Council will contribute to finding a political solution to the conflict in Syria, putting an end to the suffering inflicted on the Syrian people and ensuring compliance by the parties concerned with their obligations and commitments under international law”.
He said: “We are grateful to the Head and members of the United Nations Mission to Investigate Allegations of the Use of Chemical Weapons in the Syrian Arab Republic for the work they have done in extremely difficult and challenging security and political conditions.
Azerbaijan strongly condemns the use of chemical weapons in Syria, particularly the killing of civilians that resulted from it. The resolution just adopted affirmed that the use of chemical weapons constitutes a serious violation of international law and also qualified such act as a threat to international peace and security. It is important that the Security Council expressed its strong conviction that those individuals responsible for the use of chemical weapons in Syria should be held accountable. Azerbaijan welcomes the understanding earlier reached between the Russian Federation and the United States regarding the safeguarding and destruction of Syria`s chemical weapons stockpiles, as well as the today`s decision adopted to that end by the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons”.
He stressed that proceeding from the aforementioned understanding, Azerbaijan decided to support and co-sponsor resolution 2118 (2013).
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