04/10/2012 Session
Strasbourg, 04.10.2012 - On the occasion of an urgent debate of the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on the European response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria, PACE President Jean-Claude Mignon made the following statement today:
“I strongly condemn the killing of Turkish civilians by Syrian cross-border shelling – this is only the latest and worst of several such incidents, which are an unacceptable violation of Turkish sovereignty. I call on all sides not to escalate the violence further, and to abide strictly by international law. The spread of instability could entail very serious consequences for the whole region.”
The PACE President also expressed his condolences to the families of the victims.