US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed the issue of delivering humanitarian aid to Syria in a phone call with UN Secretary General António Guterres. This is the official report Web site Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
According to the ministry’s press service, Blinken spoke of the need to ensure humanitarian access to Syria “so that the UN and humanitarian agencies can deliver the necessary assistance to save lives to those affected by the 6 February earthquakes”.
According to him, for this, the Syrian government needs to open the Bab al-Salam and Al-Rayi checkpoints for humanitarian purposes.
Blinken noted that the UN Secretary-General expressed solidarity with him.
Former Syrian Ministry of Health judicial The latest death toll from the earthquake. It reached 1414 people. The ministry clarified that these data do not contain information about areas not officially controlled by Damascus.