 The United Nations Chief Kofi Annan will not act as "a negotiator" between Damascus and UN chief investigator Detlev Mehlis, said Annan's spokesperson Stephane Dujarric on Wednesday.
| Good idea, Kofi. You've already been splattered with excrement. You don't need any more of it from taking sides against your own investigator. |
"[Annan's] goal is to get Syria to cooperate but he is not acting as a negotiator on behalf of Mehlis," said Dujarric. He added Annan "has also made it very clear Syria must cooperate with UN Security Council Resolution 1636. But as far as it comes to Mehlis' discussions with the Syrians, it is up to him alone to take decisions on where to conduct the interviews." U.S. Ambassador to the UN John Bolton reiterated on Wednesday: "Syria should start cooperating with the Mehlis investigation and take matters more seriously. What is happening so far is unacceptable." |