UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon condemned vehemently on Wednesday the latest deadly bomb attacks in Northern Iraq and called for a meaningful dialogue in order to achieve lasting national reconciliation.
In a statement released by his spokesperson, Ban said he was shocked and saddened by the series of attacks that took place Tuesday in northern Iraq in the villages of Qahtaniya, al-Jazeera and Tal Uzair which reportedly left at least 200 people dead and many more wounded.
He extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed and his wishes for a full and speedy recovery to those wounded.
The Secretary-General reiterated in the strongest terms his condemnation of such attacks against civilian targets, including the one on a bridge in Taji, north of Baghdad, on the same day, claiming that "nothing can justify such indiscriminate violence against innocent civilians."
Ban once again stressed the urgent need for all Iraqi leaders, regardless of their political or religious affiliations, to work together to protect civilian lives and to dedicate themselves towards a meaningful dialogue aimed at ending the violence and achieving lasting national reconciliation.
Source: Xinhua
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