Aid deliveries to thousands of Syrians stranded on their war-torn country’s desert border with Jordan must pass through Syria, Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi says.
“They are Syrian citizens on Syrian territory. Syria must therefore assume this responsibility and not Jordan,” Safadi says, during a meeting with ambassadors from European Union countries.
Aid to them “must pass through Syrian territory,” he says.
Some 45,000 displaced Syrians, mostly women and children, have been stuck for months on the Syrian side of the frontier near the Rukban border crossing.
“Conditions on the ground now make it possible to send aid to the Rukban camp via Syria,” Safadi adds.
Jordan, which shares a 370-kilometer (230-mile) border with Syria, is part of the US-led coalition fighting IS in Syria and Iraq.
— AFP
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