Al-Mouallem to Ki-moon: Syria rejects any UN interim report on alleged chemical weapons attack

DAMASCUS,(ST)_ Syria rejects any interim report to be issued ahead of carrying out the mission of the UN investigators they had intended to complete, stressing that the possible  US-led aggression on Syria will torpedo efforts of the political solution.  

Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Mouallem, said: “Syria rejects any partial report to be issued by the UN before the investigators complete their mission, defining the results of  the samples test collected out by them, and investigating the sites in which the Syrian soldiers were exposed to toxic gas”.

The rejection came during a telephone conversation made on Friday between al-Mouallem and the UN General Secretary, Ban Ki-moon, on the mission of the UN investigators.

According to SANA, Ki-moon thanked the Syrian government for its cooperation with the investigation team and said: “they (the investigators) will return to complete their mission.”

The team is due to leave Syria on Saturday, before completing their mission.. 

Al-Mouallem underscored that Syria expects Ban Ki-moon to be objective, to reject pressures, to fulfill his role in preserving international peace and security and to back efforts of convening Geneva 2 conference.

“Syria sees that the political solution is the only exit and any aggression will torpedo efforts being exerted to bring about political solution to the ongoing crisis,” the minister said, according to SANA.

Basma Qaddour