SdeM: Thank you. For me it was very important to come to Tehran, Iran is a major player, and is heavily involved into the Syria issue, and now is the time for urgent consultations. Last week was a very dangerous week, and a very difficult week, and we have a priority now to bring the temperature…

SdeM: Thank you Minister Lavrov, dear friend. I have been asked the Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, to accelerate a series of consultations following a very difficult and tense week, we never expected this to be so tense, and with a lot of acrimonious and inconclusive meetings of the Security…

Question: During the beginning of the conversation you said that you really supported and you highly evaluated and appreciated the Astana and Sochi processes, how do you think they are going to affect the prospective of the situation? and what contributions are they going to make. SdeM: You…

Further to his meeting with the Secretary-General in Riyadh on 16 April 2018, and in view of the current tensions, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, is undertaking intensive high-level consultations with the aim of proactively ascertaining the options for a meaningful…

JE: Thank you very much. We had another meeting of the Humanitarian Task Force of the International Syria Support Group. The message to the Member States is the following: The marathon of pain, suffering and violence in Syria is far from over. So it is wrong that it seems to be fading from the…

SdeM: Thank you Minister Lavrov, dear friend - this meeting is very timely we are at a time where humanitarian needs in Syria are becoming even more pressing, humanitarian access for the UN to reach those in need is becoming urgent, and the protection of civilians all over Syria, so that is an…

SdeM: First of all, allow me to say a few words, this is the fourth time we are having a useful, and in my opinion, very constructive discussion with Minister Shoigu. With Minister Shoigu we discussed of course the humanitarian access to eastern Ghouta in particular, and Douma, which is, you…

Mr President and Dear Karel, 1. I am joining you by VTC from Brussels because I had very minor eye surgery on my right eye which had been affected in many missions in Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, and it was useful to do so. The only consequence of it was that I am not allowed to fly…

UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura attended a meeting today with representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation, and the Republic of Turkey, hosted by the Russian Federation at its permanent mission in Geneva. He discussed with the three guarantors important…

SdeM: Thank you, it is true I will be very short - not because of lack of politeness but I have a meeting which has already started with three members of the Security Council - but I wanted to come here directly now. As you can understand our focus is on the humanitarian situation, there is no…