New negotiations in the Security Council to extend the decision of aid entry to Syria

Ireland and Norway have been charged with the task of negotiating again with the UN Security Council countries to keep Bab al-Hawa border crossing open as a transit point for humanitarian aid coming from Turkey to northwestern Syria.

Sunja Hyland, the Political Director of the Irish Foreign Affairs Office, said that the Irish Foreign Minister, Simon Coveney, had visited the Syrian-Turkish border during the past days in an attempt to understand the “political dynamics” of the crossing process from Bab al-Hawa crossing.

Hyland emphasized that the Syrian file is a major issue on the agenda of the Security Council during this month, and that the task is difficult, especially humanitarian issues.

She also clarified that a number of member states of the Security Council, and “in particular Moscow, do not want to keep Bab al-Hawa crossing open, given that the aid entry process must pass through the Assad regime.

It is noteworthy that the UN Security Council adopted a resolution last July to cancel the license granted to the “Bab Al-Salama” crossing on the Turkish border north of Aleppo, and to limit the mechanism of UN cross-border aid to Syria from Bab al-Hawa crossing in Idlib for a period of one year only, at the request of Moscow And Beijing.