EU renews calls for a humanitarian pause to allow aid into Aleppo
As conflict continues in the divided Syrian city of Aleppo and wounded civilians remained trapped without access to aid, High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini and Commissioner Christos Stylianides issued a joint statement on the urgency for humanitarian aid to reach Aleppo. European Commission reports.
“We call on the Syrian authorities and their allies to renew the humanitarian pause in Aleppo and to issue the facilitation letters to allow the inter-agency convoy as planned in the UN October aid delivery plan. All parties to the conflict should stop the shelling of civilian areas and medical structures in Aleppo city.
Deliberate attacks against civilians, including humanitarian and health care personnel, and against civilian and medical infrastructure, are clear violations of international humanitarian law and may constitute war crimes,” the joint statement reads.