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Thu, 04/28/2011 - 08:25
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External meddling in Syria might threaten regional security - Russian
UNITED NATIONS, April 28 (Itar-Tass) -- External meddling in the
situation in Syria might pose a threat to security in the region,
Alexander Pankin, the first deputy of Russia's ambassador to the United
Nations, said during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday.
"The main thing, we believe, is that the current situation in Syria,
despite the aggravation of tensions and confrontation, is on no threat to
international peace and security," he said. "One must not ignore the fact
that violence is shown not unilaterally." As an example he cited reports
of gunfire at an army convoy on the road Latakia-Tartous, and armed
attacks on army facilities and posts, murders of policemen and desecration
of their bodies.
The aggravation of tensions in Syria "calls for a well-balanced
approach," he went on. "The process of democratic reforms announced and
implemented by the Syrian leaders should be supported." In his words, the
country's leaders "have made a number of very important steps in a very
short time."
The Russian side believes that the Syrian government jointly with "all
political forces should continue efforts to find fair solutions to the
acute problems in legal terrain, and the sooner the better," Pankin said.
"Any violence from either of the sides must be excluded. Only constructive
dialogue and the implementation of political reforms and socio-economic
transformations may ensure stable and democratic development in Syria in
the interests of its citizens."
"It is becoming ever more evident that some of protesters in Syria,
and in other countries, openly hope that the aggravation of the situation
might force the international community to side with them," the Russian
diplomat noted and added that such an approach "triggers an endless chain
of violence" leading to a civil war.
It is vital for the international community to avoid such
developments, "the more so as Syria is a cornerstone in the architecture
of security in the Middle East," Panikin said. "Destabilization of this
key knot" will lead to "aggravation in the entire region," he added.
situation in Syria might pose a threat to security in the region,
Alexander Pankin, the first deputy of Russia's ambassador to the United
Nations, said during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Wednesday.
"The main thing, we believe, is that the current situation in Syria,
despite the aggravation of tensions and confrontation, is on no threat to
international peace and security," he said. "One must not ignore the fact
that violence is shown not unilaterally." As an example he cited reports
of gunfire at an army convoy on the road Latakia-Tartous, and armed
attacks on army facilities and posts, murders of policemen and desecration
of their bodies.
The aggravation of tensions in Syria "calls for a well-balanced
approach," he went on. "The process of democratic reforms announced and
implemented by the Syrian leaders should be supported." In his words, the
country's leaders "have made a number of very important steps in a very
short time."
The Russian side believes that the Syrian government jointly with "all
political forces should continue efforts to find fair solutions to the
acute problems in legal terrain, and the sooner the better," Pankin said.
"Any violence from either of the sides must be excluded. Only constructive
dialogue and the implementation of political reforms and socio-economic
transformations may ensure stable and democratic development in Syria in
the interests of its citizens."
"It is becoming ever more evident that some of protesters in Syria,
and in other countries, openly hope that the aggravation of the situation
might force the international community to side with them," the Russian
diplomat noted and added that such an approach "triggers an endless chain
of violence" leading to a civil war.
It is vital for the international community to avoid such
developments, "the more so as Syria is a cornerstone in the architecture
of security in the Middle East," Panikin said. "Destabilization of this
key knot" will lead to "aggravation in the entire region," he added.
