MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The political solution of the Syrian conflict cannot be reached in a short-term perspective, Daccord added.
"We all know that conflicts are not solved militarily, conflicts are solved politically. Despite of what we think, the experience is that most of time we have to have a political agreement. So all of you look at the three elements: the human costs of the conflict, which are dramatic, the international law violations, and then the complexity of the conflict, [and] you understand immediately that you have a triangle and these three elements reinforce each other," Yves Daccord stated at the fifth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS) commenting on the situation in Syria.
According to the ICRC, the civil war in Syria has left at least 250,000 people dead, and over a million injured. At least 13 million Syrians are still dependent on humanitarian assistance.
