UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed concern at Israeli “extensive violations of Syria’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”, a spokesman said on Thursday.
Guterres is particularly concerned about several hundred Israeli airstrikes on several Syrian locations and stresses “the urgent need to deescalate violence on all fronts throughout the country,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric tells reporters Thursday.
Dujarric noted that the UN chief “condemns all actions violating the 1974 ceasefire agreement” between Syria and the Zionist entity, insisting it remains in force days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared it “void”due to the fall of former president Bashar AL-Assad’s government.
Guterres also calls on the parties to uphold the agreement and end “all unauthorized presence in the area of separation” and refrain from any action undermining the disengagement pact and stability in the Golan Heights, the spokesman said.
The Israeli occupation military said Tuesday it carried out more than 350 strikes in Syria over the previous 48 hours, hitting “most of the strategic weapons stockpiles” belonging to the FRMER Syrian government. The Israeli enemy formed also occupied the buffer zone inside Syria following last week’s events.
Meanwhile, the UN chief voiced need to smooth transition of power in Syria.
The @UN is fully committed to supporting a smooth transition of power in Syria, with an inclusive political process in which the rights of all minorities will be fully respected, and paving the way towards a united country with its territorial integrity fully reestablished.…
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) December 11, 2024
Source: Agencies
