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The Koblenz trial is of national interest to Germany
At the 16 September 2020 UN Security Council meeting on Syria, Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Germany s Representative to the United Nations, invoked the Koblenz trial to support German opposition to lifting sanctions on the Syrian government.
The German ambassador started his speech saying: I am speaking now in my national capacity , and went on:
I would like to take you on an excursion in the city of Koblenz in Germany, on the Rhine river. And in Koblenz I want to take you to the higher regional court, in this higher regional court, two Syrian intelligence officers stand trial, they are accused of having committed crimes against humanity.