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UN / SYRIA BORIS JOHNSON
STORY: UN / SYRIA BORIS JOHNSON
TRT: 1:57
SOURCE: UNIFEED
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 22 SEPTEMBER 2016, NEW YORK CITY
1 Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters
2. Wide shot, Boris Johnson walking to stakeout position
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom:
“There is no solution to this war unless there is a political solution, and there can be no political solution unless there is a ceasefire. This is not just a civil war, it’s a proxy war. We know who the puppeteers are, who are helping to run this thing. We know the influences behind the conflict in Syria. I still think that this is up to them to get the ceasefire going and get the political process back on track.”
4. Wide shot, Boris Johnson listening to journalists questions
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom:
“The reality is that president Assad of Syria has no legitimacy any more. If you look at what he has done to his country to his people. Over four hundred thousand people who have lost their lives in the last five years in this odious conflict and he is overwhelmingly responsible, and I don’t think it is possible to envisage a credible future for Syria with a protraction of the Assad regime.”
6. Zoom out, Boris Johnson listening to questions
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Boris Johnson, Foreign Secretary, United Kingdom:
“The interesting thing about where we are today in the UN is that is –officially at least- that is common ground among the participants around the table in the Security Council. Well, if everybody is agreeing in theory under resolution 2254, there should be transition away from Assad’s government, well let’s make that happen. And that can only happen with a ceasefire and the resumption of the political process, as I say.”
8. Wide shot, Boris Johnson leaving
Speaking on Syria’s armed conflict, the United Kingdom's (UK) Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said “there is no solution to this war unless there is a political solution, and there can be no political solution unless there is a ceasefire.”
After attending a Security Council meeting today (22 Sep), Johnson told reporters at UN headquarters that the Syrian conflict was not “just a civil war, but a “proxy war.”
He added “we know who the puppeteers are, who are helping to run this thing. We know the influences behind the conflict in Syria. I still think that this is up to them to get the ceasefire going and get the political process back on track.”
Asked about the continuity of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, he said “the reality is that president Assad of Syria has no legitimacy any more. If you look at what he has done to his country to his people. Over four hundred thousand people who have lost their lives in the last five years in this odious conflict and he is overwhelmingly responsible, and I don’t think it is possible to envisage a credible future for Syria with a protraction of the Assad regime.”
Johnson underscored “the interesting thing about where we are today in the UN is that is –officially at least- that is common ground among the participants around the table in the Security Council. Well, if everybody is agreeing in theory under resolution 2254, there should be transition away from Assad’s government, well let’s make that happen. And that can only happen with a ceasefire and the resumption of the political process, as I say.”
In resolution 2254 –adopted in December 2015- the Security Council endorsed a road map for a peace process in Syria, setting out a timetable for United Nations-facilitated talks between the Government and opposition members, as well as the outlines of a nationwide ceasefire as part of the steps towards a political transition.
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