Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andrius Krivas, welcomed the international diplomatic efforts in finding a peaceful solution to the Syrian conflict and emphasised the necessity for all the Syrian political forces to agree on the future of the country at a negotiation table rather than in a battle field. The Security Council Resolution requested that the Secretary-General urgently convene representatives of the Syrian Government and opposition to engage in negotiations on a political transition process in Syria.
Vice-Minister Krivas said he believed that peace, security and protection of human rights could be ensured in Syria only when it was free of ethnic and religious antagonism or the terror-based and unpunished government regime. The Lithuanian Vice-Minister underlined the need for a comprehensive strategy, on the grounds of the 2012 Geneva Communiqué, for political transition, reconciliation and safe return of refugees and forcefully displaced people.
Having urged all the parties to the conflict to comply with international humanitarian law, to give unfettered access to humanitarian aid and ensure protection of civilians in the war zones, Mr Krivas called for urgent ceasefire and noted the significant role that could be played by the international community, the United Nations in particular.
The Lithuanian Foreign Vice-Minister also expressed support to Syria's neighbours – Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey that bear the brunt of the burden of war refugees.
The meeting of the UN Security Council, chaired by the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, was convened after the ministerial meeting of the International Syria Support Group held in New York on the same day. The UN Security Council meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Angola, Jordan, the United Kingdom, China, France, and Russia and other high ranking representatives. The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, updated the delegates on the current situation in Syria.
Lithuania was elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council for 2014–2015.
