New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall

Geir Otto Pedersensyria

Syria has moved beyond a caretaker government to a new, expanded, and more diverse cabinet,

Geir Pedersen, the U.N. special envoy for Syria, told the council

Dorothy SheauS Ambassador

The United States continues to closely monitor the actions of the Syrian interim authorities,

Dorothy Shea, the deputy U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said in her remarks

We are open to the international community and look forward to being treated the same way,

al-Shibani said, ... as reported by state-run news agency SANA

We are here to tell the world that there is a new Syria and that a new opportunity is being created in the Arab region,

Shaibani told Al Jazeera

Give these people their right to live and lift the unjust sanctions imposed on them,

he added

The new administration... is extending a hand to the international community and is waiting for it to do the same,

he said