United States Special Envoy for Syria Joel Rayburn will travel to the United Arab Emirates and Jordan from January 4 - 7 for discussions with government and civil society leaders, as well as US implementing partners, on the situation in Syria, the State Department said in a statement Sunday.
Rayburn would underscore the importance of Washington’s collective efforts to achieve a permanent, peaceful and political solution to the Syrian conflict in line with United Nations Security Council resolution 2254.
The envoy will also reaffirm the Washington’s commitment to work with international partners on the economic and political pressure campaign against the Bashar Assad regime and its enablers, with the goal of bringing an end to violence against the Syrian people and stopping the obstruction of efforts to end the conflict.
Late last month, Rayburn gave a special briefing to reporters on the situation in Syria, to mark the anniversary of the signing into law of the Caesar Act, which authorized economic sanctions to promote accountability for the Assad regime’s brutal atrocities against the Syrian people, some of which rise to the level of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
He said the United States remains committed to carrying out a sustained campaign of economic and political pressure to prevent the regime and its staunchest supporters from amassing resources to fuel their war against the Syrian people.
