U.N. inaction gives Assad green light, Saudi Deputy FM tells General Assembly

Saturday, 29 September 2012

Saudi Arabian deputy foreign minister Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah addresses the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York. (Reuters)

By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES 

The Saudi Arabian deputy foreign minister said on Friday that Security Council inaction on the Syrian civil war gave the Bashar al-Assad regime “a green light” to attack his own people. 

Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that the al-Assad regime was “in a race against time to accomplish its objectives using the most advanced means of killing and destruction,” according to the Associated Press. 

Opposition groups say more than 30,000 people have been killed since the uprising began with street demonstrations 18 months ago. Egypt has sought to engage the Saudis along with Turkey and Iran in finding a path to end the fighting. So far, the Saudis have not participated and Iranian leaders claim they are trying to put together a working group of non-aligned countries.

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