Statement by the Press Secretary on Additional Countries in Support of September 6 Joint Statement on Syria

Today, eight additional countries - Georgia, Guatemala, Kuwait, Malta, Montenegro, Panama, Poland and Portugal - signed on to the joint statement on Syria that was issued on September 6. That statement condemns in the strongest terms the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons on August 21 in the suburbs of Damascus and calls for a strong international response. The statement explicitly supports the efforts undertaken by the United States and other countries to reinforce the prohibition on the use of chemical weapons. 



The following 33 countries now formally support this statement:

Albania

Australia

Canada

Croatia

Denmark

Estonia

France

Guatemala

Georgia

Germany

Honduras

Hungary

Italy

Japan

Republic of Korea

Kosovo

Kuwait

Latvia

Lithuania

Malta

Montenegro

Morocco

Panama

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Spain

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

We welcome additional countries expressing their support for this statement and our continued efforts to hold the Assad regime accountable and enforce the international norm against the use of chemical weapons. The statement will continue to be updated and can be found at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy/syria.