EXTERNAL ACTION / Syria

European calls for immediate implementation of UN ceasefire resolution

Brussels, 26/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini called on Monday 26 February for the immediate implementation of the United Nations Security Council resolution for a humanitarian ceasefire of at least 30 days in Syria that was adopted on Saturday 24 February.

“We expect the resolution to come into effect fully and immediately”, she made clear after the Foreign Affairs Council. On her arrival, she had stressed that, while adoption of the resolution was...