India Called on All Nations to Cooperate and Bring End to Syria Crisis

India called on all nations within and outside Syria to fully cooperate with international envoy Kofi Annan to bring an end to the ongoing crisis situation in Syria.

Hardeep Singh Puri, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador while addressing a Security Council open debate on the situation in the Middle East, stated that India does not see an alternative to the full implementation of UN resolutions 2042 and 2043 for a political resolution of the crisis without any further bloodshed. India urged all parties to fully cooperate with international envoy, Kofi Annan and bring an end to the bloodshed and crisis in Syria.

The crisis in Syria took pace since the uprising against President Bashar Al Assad began sixteen months ago. An approximate number of thousand people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Syria and thousands displaced.

The UNSC failed to adopt a resolution to stop the crisis in Syria after Russia and China vetoed on the UN Security Council resolution on Syria on 19 July 2012.