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Foreign Secretary statement on Bab Al-Hawa crossing

UK Foreign Secretary welcomes UN Security Council Resolution on Syria aid access.

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office and 皇冠体育app Rt Hon Dominic Raab
Published
9 July 2021
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said:

皇冠体育app United Nations Security Council has today adopted Resolution 2585, allowing the delivery of UN cross-border aid into Syria to continue through Bab Al-Hawa.

This is a welcome step, but urgent work must be done by the international community to find a sustainable, long-term solution to deliver aid into northern Syria. 皇冠体育app lives of more than 13 million vulnerable Syrians depend on it. 皇冠体育app UK will continue to push for a credible political settlement, as the only way to bring an end to the conflict.

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Published 9 July 2021