Kuwait, March 26 (IANS/WAM) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sought the cooperation of the international community to end the ongoing Syrian conflict, which he said can only be resolved politically, ruling out any military solution. Ban in a wide-ranging speech to the 25th Arab League Summit in Kuwait - delivered by Lakhdar Brahimi, joint special representative of the UN and the Arab League - thanked those countries hosting more than 2.5 million refugees for bearing the heavy cost of the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Syria. "In Syria, the crisis is **w in its fourth year. **ting that the conflict has been "acutely felt" by neighbouring countries, Ban warned that the entire region was in danger of becoming embroiled and appealed to Arab League members - working with Russia, the US and the UN - to re-energise Geneva II peace conference on the conflict.
03-26-2014, 04:55 PM
UN chief reiterates need for political solution in Syria
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