UAE Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said that the United Arab Emirates fully supports the views expressed by 11 of the G20 nations in their joint statement.
H.H Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said that the statement was in line with the statement of the League of Arab States, issued on 3rd September 2013, whose text was as follows: “Arab foreign ministers, at the conclusion of the meeting of the Council of the League of Arab States, condemn the heinous crime perpetrated by the use of the internationally-banned chemical weapons in a blatant challenge to and disregard for ethical and human values; place the full responsibility for this heinous crime on the Syrian regime; and call for all those involved in the atrocious crime to be brought to just international trials, as with other war criminals, providing all forms of required support to the Syrian people to defend themselves, and for joint Arab and international efforts to help them.
The Council calls on the United Nations and the international community to shoulder their responsibilities in accordance with the charter of the United Nations and the rules of international law, in order to take the needed deterrent measures against the perpetrators of this crime, for which the Syrian regime is responsible, and to put an end to the violations and the genocide being perpetrated by the Syrian regime for more than two years.”
