Remarks by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria

Remarks by John Kelley, Acting U.S. Alternate Representative, at a UN Security Council Briefing on Chemical Weapon Use in Syria

June 5, 2025 Thank you, Madam President. And thank you, High Representative Nakamitsu. In Riyadh, President Trump opened a new chapter in U.S.-Syrian relations. We are now in a moment of great opportunity in which Syria, with international support, can come into compliance with the Chemical Weapons Convention and Resolution 2118. The United States welcomes the initial positive steps taken by the OPCW and the Syrian government. We commend them bo…