The European Union: Funding for the reconstruction of Syria will not be achieved except in the event of a real political transition

The European Union said yesterday, Thursday, that funding for the reconstruction in Syria will only be achieved in the event of a real and comprehensive political transition in the country in light of Security Council Resolution 2254.

In a statement to the UN Security Council on Syria, the European Union accused the Assad regime of obstructing the meetings of the Constitutional Committee, which took place in Geneva at the end of last January.

In a joint statement on behalf of the three members of the European Union in the Security Council, Estonian Ambassador Sven Jurgenson commented “regret” the lack of “substantive progress” in these meetings to formulate a constitutional reform under Council Resolution 2254, which provides for an immediate ceasefire in Syria and the start of negotiations in preparation for negotiations.
For a political transition.

The council’s statement questioned the sincerity of the Assad regime’s intentions regarding engaging in the political process, reiterating its support for the efforts of the Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, to release the detainees, clarify the status of missing persons, and initiate free and fair elections run under the supervision of the United Nations.

The European Union said that it looks forward to holding the Fifth Brussels Conference to support the future of Syria and the region at the end of next March.

The special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, said about the Syrian file that it is a “missed opportunity,” and stipulated the success of the political talks on the necessity for the parties concerned to overcome the “lack of trust between each other” and “the will to make concessions,” and Pedersen concluded by calling on international parties to support the Syrian file.

Pederson noted that the opposition delegation completed the drafting of the ten basic principles in Chapter One of the constitution and presented its proposals, but that Al-Assad’s delegation did not accept them.

The statement came against the background of a Security Council session that included closed consultations during which representatives of the member states (15 countries) heard a briefing by the UN Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, on the results of the “Constitutional Committee” meetings that were held in Geneva last January.