The UN has negotiated with the HTS rebel group that has come to power in Syria about delivering humanitarian aid and investigating the crimes of the al-Assad regime.
12:07•Updated 12:17
Deputy Secretary-General of the UN Tom Fletcher has met with the leader of the HTS rebel group that controls much of Syria of Abu Muhammad al-Julan in Damascus.
Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Aid Coordination Fletcher traveled to the country with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent by. Fletcher also met with the prime minister, who heads the country’s interim government Mohammed al-Bashir.
According to Fletcher, the meeting was a “cautiously hopeful moment”, with which the UN and Syria have a common understanding on the “strong increase” of humanitarian aid to the country.
In Guterres’ press release about the meeting, the Secretary-General says he is satisfied with the interim government’s commitment to the protection of civilians and aid workers. Guterres praises the current leadership of Syria for allowing aid workers from all border crossings in the country and avoiding bureaucracy in order to speed up the delivery of emergency aid.
The UN also plans to promote of the al-Assads investigation of crimes committed in the name of the regime of terror. The institution responsible for UN degrees has been in contact with Syria’s new leadership and has announced that it is ready to send researchers to the country.
British representative met with al-Julan
A real super day of diplomacy is underway in Syria today: in addition to the previously reported representatives of the UN, Germany and France, the rebel leader al-Julani has also met with British diplomats.
In pictures uploaded to social media by members of the HTS group, the rebels discuss the British Special Representative for Syria Ann Snow’s with in Damascus.
Source: AP, Reuters