Ashton gives support to UN for efforts in Iraq

NEW EUROPE ONLINE - DECEMBER 9, 2011

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton has met with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and the head of the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Martin Kobler.

“As I did earlier this week in my meeting with the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, I expressed my full support for the efforts both UNAMI and UNHCR are making to solve the problem of Camp Ashraf,” Ashton said after the meeting.

The High Representative emphasised that the safety of the people in the camp must be the primary concern of all stakeholders involved.

“The initiative by the UN High Commissioner Antonio Guterres and the work of Mr. Kobler are essential to facilitate an orderly solution to the problem which fully respects human rights and international humanitarian law,” Ashton added. She pointed out to the Iraqi Foreign Minister and the EU Foreign Ministers that the “UNAMI and UNHCR-led process must be fully supported as the best and only way forward”.

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