On the 17th local time, the UN Security Council reviewed the political and humanitarian situation in Syria. Fu Cong, China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said that war and turmoil are not Syria's destiny, and that the Syrian people have the right to start a new life in a peaceful and stable environment. China supports the Syrian Transitional Government in making development and reconstruction its central task, and calls on the international community to maintain its unrelaxed level of humanitarian aid to Syria and meet the most urgent humanitarian needs. The Chinese side notes that the International Day of Peace will be celebrated on September 21. This supports the international community's good hopes for eliminating the flames of conflict and war, and carries the common desire of the peoples of the world to achieve lasting peace. The restoration of peace and stability to the vast Middle East region, including Syria, is the proper meaning for the cause of world peace and development.

On the 17th local time, the UN Security Council reviewed the political and humanitarian situation in Syria. Fu Cong, China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said that war and turmoil are not Syria's destiny, and that the Syrian people have the right to start a new life in a peaceful and stable environment. China supports the Syrian Transitional Government in making development and reconstruction its central task, and calls on the international community to maintain its unrelaxed level of humanitarian aid to Syria and meet the most urgent humanitarian needs. The Chinese side notes that the International Day of Peace will be celebrated on September 21. This supports the international community's good hopes for eliminating the flames of conflict and war, and carries the common desire of the peoples of the world to achieve lasting peace. The restoration of peace and stability to the vast Middle East region, including Syria, is the proper meaning for the cause of world peace and development.