Baku-APA. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and they stressed the need for additional fund to help Syrian refugees in Iraq, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
"The secretary-general briefed the Minister on the latest peace efforts for Syria, following last night's Security Council resolution," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky told reporters here. "He thanked Iraq for its generous hospitality to Syrian refugees."
"The secretary-general and minister both underlined the need for additional resources to be made available to assist Iraq to meet the humanitarian needs related to the refugees," the spokesman said.
The Syrian crisis, which broke out in March 2011, prompted a massive influx of Syrian refugees into neighboring countries, such as Turkey, Jordan and Iraq.
On Friday night, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution in a bid to rid the war-torn Syria of chemical weapons.
"The secretary-general expressed concern at the political crisis and the deteriorating security situation in Iraq and called again on Iraqi leaders to engage in serious dialogue and speed up reconciliation," the spokesman said in a readout to the press here.
"The secretary-general urged the government of Iraq to finalize the investigation into the tragic events which occurred on Sept. 1 in Camp New Iraq, and to hold the perpetrators accountable," he said. "He noted the urgent need for relocating the residents outside Iraq."
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