Foreign Ministry hands over Canadian lawyer

DAMASCUS, (ST) – Foreign and Expatriate Ministry handed over the Canadian lawyer, Karl Sergey Cambo, working for The United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in Golan (UNDOF) who was kidnapped by terrorists last February in Khan al-Sheeh area in Damascus Countryside.

Speaking to reporters after the handing over,Deputy Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Fayssal Mikdad was quoted as saying : ” We can consider that the tragedy of kidnapping Cambo by terrorists with no justification has ended.”

Mikdad stressed that “the Syrian government exerted strenuous efforts  to set Cambo free since his kidnapping last February until he was handed over to the UN and his family,”said Mikdad  adding  that “the events taking place in Syria boosts our conviction of the role of the UN which should be objective and against terrorism and terrorists.”

Mikdad  congratulated the UN and Cambo’s family and expressed appreciation of the UN worker who went through hard times before he escaped, expressing pleasure of the Syrian government for his coming back safe.

“on behalf of the UN Secretary General, we extend thanks to Syria and the Syrian government for the efforts they exerted to liberate the kidnapped.We are so happy  for the return of Cambo to the UN and his own family safe,”asserted the UN Resident Representative in Syria, Yacoub al-Hillou.

Cambo described his kidnapping as a terrible experience, as he was detained for nine months before he could escape.

He affirmed  that Iraqis, Saudis, Jordanians and probably Chechens were among the terrorist group which kidnapped him. 

M.D

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