On 9 March 2021, Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World, attended the plenary session of the European Parliament on the Syrian conflict - 10 years after the uprising, in Brussels, Belgium.

A peaceful uprising against Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, in March 2011 turned into a full-scale civil war. The conflict has left more than 360,000 people dead, devastated cities and drawn in other countries.

This video shows an opening statement given by Josep Borrell Fontelles on this occasion.