Turkey on Feb. 24 welcomed a U.N. Security Council decision for a 30-day cease-fire in Syria, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution in Syria “without delay.”
“We welcome today’s decision of the U.N. Security Council to end the conflicts without delay and to call for a humanitarian cease-fire for at least 30 days, in order to allow access to emergency humanitarian aid and medical evacuations in the wake of the worsening humanitarian situation in Syria, particularly Eastern Ghouta,” the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a written statement.
“Since the beginning Turkey made an effort to end the conflict and to reduce the tension on every platform and supported the international community in their steps in this regard. The six observation points we have established in Idlib until today are a concrete manifestation of our efforts,” it added.
Aksoy said Turkey expressed its concern on the worsening humanitarian situation in Eastern Ghouta and called for an end to the increasing violations of the regime.
“On this matter we shared our concerns with the regime’s guarantors Russia and Iran, stating that the regime’s attacks on civilians and the violation of the cease-fire led to the interruption of our common efforts in the de-escalation zones,” it added.
