The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has expressed concern on continuing violence in Syria and the increase in number of martyrs due to bloody incidents there. In a speech before the extraordinary meeting of the Human Rights Council on Syria, Dr. Abdulwahab Attar, Saudi Arabia's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations, drew the attention to the call by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz on the Syrian leadership to promptly stop violence and enter into instant reforms and urged the Syrian authorities to stop human rights abuse and achieve the aspirations of the Syrian people in reform and progress. Attar also said the Kingdom has repeatedly underscored the importance of abiding by the resolutions of the Arab League and other initiatives aiming at defusing the crisis. The best that could come out of this meeting is to support the Arab League initiative to stop bloodshed in Syria, he added.
