Source: United Nations (Video News)
Briefing by Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General for Middle East, Asia and the Pacific, Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, on the situation in the Middle East.
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Briefing the Council, Assistant Secretary-General for the Middle East, Asia and the Pacific Khaled Khiari noted that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) have “publicly confirmed it has built multiple positions in the area of separation on the Golan” and “Israeli officials have also spoken about Israel’s intentions to stay in Syria for the foreseeable future.”
Such facts on the ground, Khiari said, “are not easily reversed” and “threaten Syria’s fragile political transition.”
He recalled the Council’s Presidential Statement of 14 March, “which reaffirmed a strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Syria.”
Khiari said, “Syria’s opportunities to stabilise after 14 years of conflict must be supported and protected. For Syrians and for Israelis, this is the only way regional peace and security can be realised.”