UN Secretary General , Lebanese FM, Condemned Mezze Explosion

CAPITALS,(ST)_ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon condemned the terrorist bombing in Mezze ,  Damascus on Monday ,  which targeted the procession  of Prime Minister Dr. Wael al-Halqi and described it  as a “terrorist attack”.

Reuters quoted  the press office of the UN Secretary-General as saying in a statement that “the Secretary-General condemns the terrorist attack, which occurred  Monday early morning against  the procession  of Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi  in Damascus, causing deaths and injuries.”

The statement read “the UN Secretary-General condemns constantly all acts of terrorism , and that  targeting of civilians and civilian areas  by anyone is unacceptable.”

For his part, the Lebanese foreign minister Adnan Mansour condemned Damascus terrorist bombing.

In a statement on Monday, Mansour said  that such a criminal act does not lead to stability, security and development, Syria  aspires for , rather constitutes a prohibitive barrier for  national dialogue as the only means conducive to  political solution that can spare destruction .

Other Syrian and Arab figures and parties deplored Mazze  area explosion  and stressed that the

the policy of bombing and intimidation by shedding blood of the  Syrian is the  only card  so far remained in the hands of the enemies of the Syrian people against achieving  a political solution and dialogue  to eliminate the crisis .

They expressed  deepest condolences to the families of the martyrs and wished speedy recovery to the wounded and injured. They also  expressed confidence in the Syrian people’s ability to proceed  for substantive choices to renounce violence and get out of the crisis through national dialogue.

T. Fateh