Brussels, 16/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European People's Party (EPP), Wilfried Martens, called on the United Nations Security Council, on Tuesday 15 November, to take a decision to impose sanctions on Syria as a matter of urgency. “I urge Russia and China and all the members of the United Nations Security Council to assume their responsibilities and condemn Damascus”, he explains in a press release.
Condemning the ongoing crackdown by the Assad regime in Syria “in the strongest possible terms”, he welcomes the decisions taken by the Foreign Affairs Council on 14 November and by the Arab League. “The decision of the Arab League on 12 November 2011 to suspend the membership of Syria, the important declaration made yesterday by the King of Jordan urging Assad to quit, and the EU Council decision to impose new sanctions, underscore the increasing isolation of the regime”, he said.
“When a regime resorts to the killing of its own people, the consequences of such deplorable behaviour are well known. Thus, the message from the EPP is loud and clear. Bashar El Assad must leave and he will leave”, Martens said. (CG/transl.jl)