UN seeks permission to send humanitarian chief to Syria

The UN leader and Arab League secretary general Nabil al-Arabi on Wednesday
discussed the possible appointment of a special envoy on Syria during talks
in London, a UN spokesman said.

Ban also discussed Syria with Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and
praised Turkey’s role in “pressing” for a solution to the crisis
and helping Syrian refugees, the spokesman said.

Efforts to get greater humanitarian access and the proposed special envoy will
also be raised at a Friends of Syria meeting in Tunis on Friday, diplomats
said.

Ban said the Tunis meeting “would be a good opportunity for inclusive
diplomatic engagement on Syria and for the international community to
discuss how to address the urgent need for humanitarian assistance and
access,” the spokesman said.

Russia, with China, has vetoed two resolutions on Syria at the UN Security
Council in the past five months. But Russia appears to back moves to name a
UN envoy for Syria and to secure greater humanitarian access into the
country.

“We are seriously concerned by incoming reports about the difficult
humanitarian situation in Syria,” Russian foreign ministry spokesman
Alexander Lukashevich said in Moscow on Wednesday.

“We actively support the efforts of the International Committee of the
Red Cross” to establish a two hour truce each day, Lukashevich added.

Source: agencies

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