New York

24 September 2012

Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey, on the margins of the 67th United Nations General Assembly

Ban Ki-Moon, Former Secretary-General

The Secretary-General met with H.E. Mr. Ahmet Davutoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Turkey.
They discussed the situation in Syria, with its alarming regional implications, including the humanitarian emergency and Turkey’s efforts to assist Syrian refugees in Turkey.  The need for the international community to do much more to ameliorate the dire humanitarian situation resulting form the worsening conflict in Syria was strongly stressed by both.