The General Director of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Panayiotis Zografos summoned yesterday the Syrian Ambassador Huda al-Homsi to express Greece’s "abhorrence and the strict condemnation" for the recent massacre of civilians, including dozens of children, in the village of El-Houleh in Syria. Zografos stressed that "Greece strongly condemns the killings and called on the Syrian regime to immediately stop the use of violence," adding that Syria must comply with the relevant resolutions and the statement issued by the UN Security Council on May 27.

He further called on Syria to proceed immediately with the strict implementation of the six-point Plan of the UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy, Kofi Annan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Demarche to the Syrian Ambassador for the massacre in the village of El-Houleh