> “The Syrian leadership’s ongoing brutal repression of its own people is unacceptable. The regime finally needs to abandon its path of violence and start listening to the legitimate demands of the opposition. This is the only way to move towards a credible national dialogue, which must lead to democracy and true political participation.

> The attacks on diplomatic missions in Damascus must be stopped immediately. The Syrian Government has an obligation under international law to protect these embassies and needs to fulfil it without exceptions.

> During Germany’s Presidency of the UN Security Council we will work even more intensively to have the UN’s supreme body address the intolerable situation in Syria and make unequivocal demands of the regime in Damascus.”