Stoltenberg to RT: NATO won’t speculate on who struck aid convoy in Syria

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg refused to “speculate” on who bears responsibility for the attack on the UN-Red Crescent aid convoy near Aleppo.

“The attack on the humanitarian convoy is morally totally unacceptable and it’s a blatant violation of international law,” Stoltenberg said in a brief interview to RT’s Ilya Petrenko, as he emerged from the meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the 71st UN General Assembly session in New York on Wednesday.

However, the NATO chief refrained from accusing any side of perpetrating the attack.

“I will not speculate about that. It’s important to get the facts and to find out how this could happened, but I won’t speculate,” he said, praising the talks with Lavrov as a “frank” and “useful” meeting.

“It just underlines importance of an effective ceasefire, unhindered access for aid workers and, of course, lasting and sustainable political negotiated peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria,” he added, speaking of necessity to galvanize the stalled reconciliation process in Syria.

Apart from Syria, the two officials also discussed a “wide range of issues,” including the situation in Ukraine, air safety in the Baltic and Black Sea regions, and agreed to “continue our dialogue on risk reduction and military transparency.”

Source: MENA