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Blinken asks Guterres to expand the opening of border crossings to send humanitarian aid

MADRID, 15 Feb.

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Blinken asks Guterres to expand the opening of border crossings to send humanitarian aid

MADRID, 15 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has asked the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, on Tuesday, to expand the opening of border crossings in Syria to provide humanitarian aid to the Syrian people after the earthquakes near the border with Turkey.

"An expanded resolution would give the United Nations and humanitarian actors the flexibility and predictability they need to more effectively deliver aid to people in need in Syria," reads a US State Department statement.

Blinken has pointed out to Guterres, through a telephone conversation, the need for the Syrian president, Bashar al Assad, to fulfill his commitment to open border crossings for humanitarian purposes, the spokesman for the US secretary, Ned Price, has reported.

The Syrian government opened the Bab al Salam and Al Raee border crossings on Monday for a period of three months to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid into the country after the earthquakes on the Turkish-Syrian border that have left nearly 40,000 victims so far. in both countries.