UN Deputy Secretary General Griffiths: Sanctions from a number of countries make it difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to Syria

Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, stated this.

“The UN is working to respond to unintended obstacles arising from the existing sanctions and anti-terrorism laws of a number of countries,” Interfax quoted him as saying.

At the same time, Griffiths noted that the US, EU and Britain have taken a number of steps to facilitate the delivery of aid to Syria.

Earlier, John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council under the US administration, said that the earthquake in Syria would not affect Washington's policy towards Damascus.