U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised a new special representative of the UN and the Arab League in Syria Lakhdar Brahimi full support from Washington. "I want to say special representative Brahimi simple thing: U.S. is ready to support you and to ensure sustainable world, which will give the opportunity to realize the legitimate aspirations of the people siriiyskogo on representative government" - said the head of the U.S. Department of State on Friday. Hillary Clinton also assured the Syrians that the international community "to support their democratic aspirations," and that all those responsible for the violence that engulfed the country since March last year, will be "brought to justice." U.S. Secretary of State in his speech also thanked for the work of the former ambassador to Syria, Kofi Annan. Previously reported that Lakhdar Brahimi will replace the UN and the Arab League envoy Kofi Annan, who at the beginning of the month, said he was not going to renew his mandate, which expires on August 31. According to the representative of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon "appreciates the willingness of Lakhdar Brahimi, to apply their talent and experience to carry out this important mission, and expects a strong, clear and unanimous support (the new envoy to Syria) from the international community, including the Security Council United Nations. " Lakhdar Brahimi, the head of the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1991 to 1993, repeatedly running various diplomatic missions of the international community. As the UN Special Envoy, he worked in Iraq, Afghanistan, South Africa and Haiti, reminds RIA Novosti. Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, said earlier that Moscow welcomes the appointment of Lakhdar Brahimi, and promised him support.
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