2024-12-17 21:43:00
Paris calls on the new Syrian government to continue the fight against IS
The group of French diplomats who visited Damascus on Tuesday asked the new transitional authorities to do so “continue the fight against Daesh [EI, organisation Etat islamique] and other terrorist groups »the French Foreign Ministry said.
France will be “careful to ensure that collective security interests are guaranteed”Who “go through the continuation of the fight against Daesh and other terrorist groups and the prevention of the spread of the Syrian regime’s chemical weapons”added the Ministry. French diplomats also highlighted this in particular “France will determine its commitment in Syria based on these criteria”.
On Tuesday, France sent a team of four diplomats who spoke with a representative designated by the transitional authorities. The diplomats repeated to him that France wanted for the Syrians, “in accordance with the ideals of the 2011 revolution that you supported, a peaceful political transition, representative of all components of Syrian society, which respects the rights of all Syrians, including women”which also guarantees the protection of civilians, including ethnic and sectarian minorities, and guarantees the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.
The diplomats also had the task of going to the French embassy, closed since 2012, “in order to work towards the reopening, depending on the political and security conditions, of the diplomatic system” French.
Special envoy for Syria Jean-François Guillaume, who led this mission, also spoke with representatives of Syrian civil society organizations involved in helping the population. “He informed them of France’s desire to immediately mobilize means to medically and psychologically support the prisoners released from the regime’s prisons and to promote the fight against impunity for the crimes committed”the Quai d’Orsay is also indicated.
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