Alwaght- The UN Security Council has unanimously endorsed a resolution calling for a ceasefire and political settlement in Syria. The resolution envisions the formation of a unity government and calls for an immediate halt to any attacks on civilian targets.
The resolution demands that all parties to the Syrian conflict “immediately cease any attacks against civilians.” A mechanism to monitor, verify, and report on the truce is to be worked out within a month.
The only groups excluded from the ceasefire are the ISIS terrorist group and al-Nusra Front, al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria.
The resolution also asks the UN to convene formal talks on a transitional government. The talks between the Damascus government and opposition are targeted for early January.
The resolution expressed support for a Syrian-led political process that would set up “inclusive and non-sectarian governance” within six months and schedule a process for drafting a new constitution, with the aim of holding fair elections in 18 months.
After the resolution passed, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov noted that the Vienna format is the only way to bring all foreign players to the table and ensure a fair settlement in Syria through talks.
“Today’s unanimous vote in the [UN Security] Council should pave the way for the formation of a broad front against terrorism on the basis of the UN Charter, with the support of all on Earth who are opposed to terrorism, including the army of Syria, the Kurdish militia, and the armed forces of the Syrian patriotic opposition,” Lavrov said. “The air force of the Russian Federation, at the request of the legitimate government of the Syrian Arab Republic, is contributing to the completion of this task.”
“Only Syrian-led inclusive dialogue can put an end to untold suffering in Syria,” Lavrov said, stressing that Syria should remain a secular, unified, and multi-ethnic country.
Foreign ministers from 18 countries as well as the UN and Arab League representatives gathered in New York Friday to push the Syria road-map. The group has already met twice in Vienna in the last six weeks and drafted a road map for the Syrian conflict reconciliation.
Apart from the UN and the Arab League, the group includes Russia, the US, the EU, the UK, Germany, France, China, Egypt, Jordan, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Qatar, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
Speaking in an interview with the New Yorker, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif pointed out that, “It is important for everybody to insure that the process will go on, that the ceasefire will hold. Of course, there is no ceasefire against ISIS, al Nusra Front, and al-Qaeda. He added that, “it is a requirement for everybody to stop supporting the extremist groups, to stop allowing them safe passage, to stop allowing them to receive weapons, to stop allowing them to receive financial assistance, and to come together in actually fighting them.”
Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are blamed by the Syrian government for supporting terrorists wrecking havoc in the war-torn country.
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