Russia: Perpetrators of Barbaric Attacks in Syria’s Homs Must be Brought to Justice

MOSCOW- The deadly bombings in the Syrian city of Homs are barbaric and aim to disrupt Intra-Syrian talks in Astana and Geneva, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement Sunday, according to Sputnik

On Saturday, security sources told Sputnik that six suicide attackers had targeted two buildings belonging to Syrian government’s security agencies.

At least 35 people had been killed, including the military security chief of the Homs province. Al-Nusra Front terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack.

 “Moscow strongly condemns barbaric actions of extremists in Homs… The terrorists should not succeed in their attempts to disrupt efforts made by the international community in Astana and Geneva to secure a lasting ceasefire and initiate political settlement in Syria through a broad intra-Syrian dialogue,” the statement read.

The ministry stressed that those behind the attack must be brought to justice

Bashar Jaafari, the head of the Syrian government delegation to the intra-Syrian talks in Geneva, and UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura called the Homs attack a message for the Geneva talks.

Mistura Says Homs Terror Attacks Attempt to Derail Geneva Talks

In Geneva, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura considered it necessary to prevent terrorists from derailing the Geneva talks, which meets the interests of all sides involved, according to his statement obtained by TASS.

When commenting the terror attacks in the Syrian city of Homs, de Mistura said that he vigorously condemns the act of terrorism that took place in Homs on Saturday, and considers it to be “an attempt to derail the ongoing intra-Syrian talks.”

According to UN Special Envoy, “there are always those willing to hinder the negotiations process.” “It serves the interests of all Syrian sides opposing terrorism and adhering to a political process in Syria, to prevent those attempts to succeed,” he said, according to Tass.

 Prior to his meeting with the Syrian governmental delegation headed by Bashar Jaafari, Staffan de Mistura said he hoped the terrorist attack in Syria’s Homs would not affect the round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva that started on February 23.

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