لافروف: لن نسمح بتكرار السيناريو الليبي في سورية
Lavrov: We will not allow repeating the Libyan scenario in Syria
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/570541
01.11.2011 15:49
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday, November 1 that Moscow will not allow repeating the Libyan scenario in Syria.
Lavrov said at a joint news conference with his UAE Crown Prince Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi at the end of the meeting, the first ministerial strategic dialogue between Russia and the Gulf States, commenting on the situation in Syria and Libya: "Either we will not allow repeat such a thing."
He added: "No doubt we have many questions about compliance with international law after the Security Council passed resolution (No. 1973) on Libya .. and after the drama Libya that killed tens of thousands of civilians under the pretext of protecting the civilian population, we are concerned, of course, that some described this as a model for the future."
Lavrov said his country's position of events in Syria, saying: "We do not support regulation but international law."
He stressed that Moscow's position of Syria depends on the need to initiate dialogue between the government and the opposition, and this is reflected in the draft resolution the Russian - Chinese by the countries to the UN Security Council. He called on the Russian foreign minister once again to the Syrian opposition not to reject dialogue with the system.
He continued the Russian minister said: "We support the approach that was adopted with regard to Yemen. There was the initiative Gulf, and that all players, including the Council and the Arab League and the European Union and the United States, Russia and China, worked the responsibility of the utmost, without putting artificial timelines, but waited for months, in order to achieve the goal."
Moscow welcomes the initiative of the Arab League to hold a meeting between the opposition and the Syrian authorities in Cairo
Lavrov welcomed the initiative of the Arab League to hold a meeting between representatives of the Syrian opposition and the authorities in Cairo. He said: "We hope that the Syrian authorities accept this proposal." The minister stressed that all parties must be involved Syrian in the national dialogue."
Russia does not allow isolating Syria internationally
He and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow would not allow isolating Syria internationally, said: "We cannot allow the option of defenseless in this particular case."
He explained that if there is anything negative to Syria, many of the countries of the region will feel the consequences of the crisis in Syria.
And Lavrov recalled that the entire international community was witness to some of the countries that had supplied arms to Libya in public, despite the arms embargo imposed by the Security Council. He added that officials in these countries acknowledged they sent special forces to participate in the battles in Libya, or aided in identifying targets for NATO air strikes.
Lavrov said: "At first we heard comments that Syria is not Libya .. but we now hear from prominent members of the NATO operation in Libya is a model for the future."
Source: Agencies
Proceedings of the press conference following the first ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between Russia and the Gulf States
تشوركين: روسيا تساند جهود جامعة الدول العربية لتنظيم حوار بين الحكومة والمعارضة السورية
Churkin: Russia supports the efforts of the League of Arab States to organize a dialogue between the government and the Syrian opposition
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/news/570510
01.11.2011 11:47
Said Vitaly Churkin, Russian Ambassador to the United Nations that Russia supports the efforts of the League of Arab States aimed to organize a dialogue between the government and the opposition in Syria. This came in statements he made on the evening of October 31 to the agency "ITAR - TASS" in Rabat, where he arrived after the election of the Kingdom of Morocco for membership of the UN Security Council for the period 2012 to 2013.
Churkin said that Russia and the Arab League are trying to stop the bloodshed in Syria and for dialogue between the government and the opposition. He added that Syria close to our partner "and we hope that the Arab League continue to make efforts with the Syrian government and the opposition for a peaceful settlement to the crisis."
"The Russian draft resolution - China on Syria has completed the preparation is similar to the decision by the UN Security Council on Yemen. We do not understand why ratified the UN Security Council resolution on Yemen, calling on all parties to stop violence and start the dialogue, without any threat to impose sanctions, but did not hear any answer from our Western colleagues for not taking the possibility of a similar resolution on Syria." According to him, the UN Security Council is not prepared "to make a decision without a confrontation over Syria. However, there is some progress, where he began the dialogue between the government and the Syrian Arab League and the positive start that must be followed by a dialogue between the government and the opposition. And if accompanied by this dialogue, the implementation of reforms conducted by the Syrian government, this certainly should give positive results."
Russia and China have raised objections to the draft resolution submitted by the Western countries including the imposition of sanctions on Syria because of the suppression of protests.
Russia and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to cooperate in the UN Security Council
He said Churkin that the Kingdom of Morocco and Russia have agreed on extensive cooperation as members of the UN Security Council. And he said it was him, "the talks and fully" with Taieb Fassi-Fakhri and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom, "exchanging ideas on major issues concerning international relations and current." Were discussing the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, including the situation in Libya."We have an event that happened to our meeting at the same time, which was approved by the UN Security Council draft resolution submitted by Russia on the problems of weapons proliferation in Libya, which has become practically without administration because of the conflict. The draft resolution focuses on the MANPADS-type" land - atmosphere "that can be However, that is the terrorists, as well as the proliferation of chemical weapons."
Churkin said, "We are counting on this decision as well as the decision a week ago about the cessation of foreign warships in Libya would put an end to the stage of war from the crisis of Libya. And we hope to help in the transition to handling matters politically and peacefully, with the assistance of the United Nations."
The correspondent of "the Itar-Tass," in New York have reported on Monday that the Security Council unanimously approved the draft resolution 2017 made by Russia, and called on the Libyan authorities and its neighbors to prevent the occurrence of MANPADS, however, the terrorists and to the risks involved for "the stability of the region because of the spread of all kinds of weapons from Libya and materials attributed to it, especially portable missiles."
على ماذا يعول الرئيس السوري؟
On what does the Syrian President rely?
http://arabic.rt.com/news_all_news/analytics/68561
01.11.2011 08:35
Turning her attention to the Syrian crisis, questions put newspaper "Rossiyskaya Gazeta": Why rely on the Syrian President in his struggle for power?
To support the Arab League and Arab solidarity?
This is very unlikely ..
Or the indifference of the West about what is happening in Syria?
Or the fear of the world from turning Syria into a new Afghanistan?
These two factors are weak as well.
Or the position of the Security Council, which was about to pass a resolution paving the way for a military strike against Syria, not for the Russian position?
It must be noted, in this instance, that Russia has hinted more than once to the Syrian president, they are waiting for him a serious dialogue with the opposition. Add to that Russia cannot, indefinitely, to prevent the imposition of sanctions on the Syrian regime.
It is clear that Russia's contacts with the Syrian opposition still cautious, but they continue to bet on the Assad regime, it can exacts economic losses and geo-political heavy, in the event of the fall of the regime in Damascus.
Russia to find this same day in front of left with two options; are either to continue its support for the lion, and bear the consequences of that moral and material losses, in addition to the loss of other paths in terms of foreign policy with Europe and the United States. Or they begin active negotiations on the future options with the opponents of the Syrian President, and thus joins from behind the scenes to the coalition against the Syrian regime, an alliance which was formed and became a reality in the world.
That's why Moscow today on the Assad urges haste in solving its internal problems, because the future policy towards Syria, subject to its ability to control the situation in the country. The principle of "your family yourself, helped your friend" is unlikely to be acceptable for Russia, when it comes to Syria.
"نرفض أي تدخل عسكري في سوريا لأنه سيفاقم خطورة الوضع"
سفير الصين لـ"السفير": بكين ضدّ خيار العقوبات على لبنان بسبب المحكمة
"We reject any military intervention in Syria because it will exacerbate the seriousness of the situation"
Ambassador of China's "al-Safir": the option of sanctions against Beijing on Lebanon because of the tribunal (STL)
http://www.assafir.com/Article.aspx?EditionId=1993&articleId=81&ChannelId=47164&Author=%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%20%D8%AE%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A9
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Marilyn Khalifa
2011.11.01
Baptized the Chinese ambassador in Lebanon Wu Cixian to focus on bilateral relations issue between Beijing and Beirut as much as possible, avoiding diving into the details of internal files of Lebanon, focusing on the volume of trade exchange and tourism between the two countries.
After his first interview with the "al-Safir" in June last, and which revealed that China has no projects currently in Lebanon, "Lebanese officials in the movement led by Prime Minister Najib Mikati to address this serious lack of cooperation with the Chinese giant.
After 5 months, Ambassador Cixian to the same subject, recording a slight improvement, "There is now crystal development program in various sectors, notably electricity, railways and gas extraction from the Mediterranean Sea. Provided the Lebanese state files for the project allocation by our part to Chinese companies sent representatives to Lebanon, especially those interested in drilling for gas, including a large company specialized exploration of marine, representatives from her and others to arm itself with the files necessary in this regard and present a detailed presentation on the subject they are studying technical files, and I think that once it starts to Lebanon luring offers you will see Chinese companies certainly."
On the other hand, Ambassador Cixian request from Chinese companies to build a specialized railway "to consider the details of the geographical area linking Tripoli borders the North," and goes on: "But in my opinion it is better to build a full line linking south and north, a project is in phases." On the reason for starting this project in Tripoli, said Ambassador Cixian "The Lebanese government is crystallized the infrastructure project and specifically the Ministry of Transport which informed us that the presence of railway project in that area and I for my part informed the Chinese company specialized We are waiting for an answer to them, and I think that the Lebanese government will be prepared by gradually group of projects to build a full line translated as already explained."
Assesses Cixian trade between the two countries as "very good", except the issue of imbalance in trade for a small import the Lebanese to China, a few compared to the Chinese exports."Commenting:" It is true that the Lebanese do not complain about much of this situation because they know how to walk the conduct of their affairs through a part of the imported products to other markets, but in my opinion it is better to establish a balance in this regard."
The volume of China's exports to Lebanon in the last year, one billion and $ 600 million, in what Lebanese exports did not exceed more than a few hundreds of millions."In my opinion, the promotion of Chinese tourism to Lebanon is the ideal solution to bridge this gap, it is not difficult, because many Chinese tourists traveled to Turkey and Egypt and a number of countries in the region. There are efforts in this regard made by the Assembly of Sino-Lebanese friendship, and will soon organize a seminar in Beirut with professional in respect of tourism of the two countries to study the Lebanese arena, on the one hand and to guide Chinese citizens on the other hand to choose the Lebanon tourist destination for them. note that the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism has done in this area, as printed publications on the Lebanese tourism in China, "said the Chinese ambassador.
International Tribunal
Came Cixian to Lebanon at the beginning of the current year, a follow up developments of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and comment on the words of the Secretary-General of "Hezbollah" Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the latter with regard to the court by saying "we have in China principle is sacred is not to interfere in the internal affairs of any country, so do not take to a party without the other, I remember that China voted in the UN Security Council to refrain in the establishment of the Court (Resolution 1757)." He adds: "This does not mean that China does not realize the seriousness of this problem, and I think that all the Lebanese wish to live in the country in peace and harmony, and not to turn problems into hatred mutual, leading to conflicts. China understands this and wishes to reach the Lebanese to find a solution."
And what will be China's position in the event of international action punitive against Lebanon in the event prevents it from funding the court said Cixian: "In principle, China does not endorse recourse to the option of sanctions because they do not do any good and make things complicated and more serious and do not contribute in solving the problem, and wishes to live all countries calmly and serenely, and thus we are with the Pacific solution, which does not cause additional damage."
With Syria against foreign intervention
In Syrian affairs, and after 8 months to start protests says Cixian that "China follows closely what is going on in Syria, it's sad and disturbing to always see a country struggling with an internal crisis and the fall in which the victims. But from the perspective of Beijing, any solution must be peaceful, as cannot solve any problem of violence. So we see that it is better to do a process of dialogue-based to a peaceful consultations involving all parties. and China opposes any foreign interference putting pressure on any country, of course they are against any military intervention in Syria, it would lead to further losses will not contribute to solving problems, but on the contrary, will exacerbate the seriousness of the situation, so China is committed to the formulation of a peaceful solution away from the muscle-flexing, which does not work."
cannot find China difficult today in defense of this position even after the campaigns that were exposed following the use of the right of veto in the UN Security Council against a resolution condemning Syria "It's the principle of right is no need to feel embarrassed by his defense, no one addresses a particular crisis Bajtrah crisis other, and any solution requires a means of peaceful, away from violence."
And urged China to President Bashar al-Assad the application of reforms, especially after visiting envoy of China to the Middle East Wu Sike to Damascus, Cairo and Riyadh, and whether this situation reflects the change in China's view about the crisis, the Syrian said Cixian: "We asked the Syrian authorities as from all the other groups participating in the process of dialogue, a peaceful since the outbreak of the crisis, and it is clear if we go back to permit the Chinese since 8 months and up to today, and thus is a fixed position is not new it is not just in Syria but applied by China's diplomacy in all parts of the world and is the foundation of the pillars." He stressed his country's commitment to neutrality in the crisis, the Syrian Interior Ministry, stressing reform through dialogue.
And coordination Chinese Russian in respect of the Syrian file said Cixian: "There is always coordinated not only between China and Russia, but also between China and the countries concerned are all, including Syria, Lebanon and the Member States of the UN Security Council, and European countries that are trying to impose a specific destination. But we are stuck peaceful resolution of the remote intervention in the affairs of State or the use of violence or sanctions, which only contributed to the increase in the seriousness of the situation."
Will China continue to oppose any decision of the UN Security Council against Syria? Cixian said: "Our position will remain firm on the principle that any intervention from the international community has to choose a peaceful solution and dialogue, and if the external intervention will increase the seriousness of the situation, we will not support him."
For the Chinese position that is easy to take a decision in the UN Security Council against Libya and the possibility of recurrence of the situation with Syria, told Cixian: "China abstained from the vote on the no-fly zone over Libya, and before taking this position has consulted with most countries, especially with the Arab states, and show us that all these countries take a stand in favor of the decision taken at the time, what got us in trouble, because that is in opposition to our position of non-intervention in the internal affairs of a country, but in the end we take into account this situation and the position of our Arab friends did not vote with the decision not to Ntnaqd with our position of principle, did not vote against it so as not contradicting the position of Arab countries Vamtnana."
Indicates Cixian to the presence of coordinating Chinese with the Arab League in Syrian affairs, he says, "The League of Arab States in close contact with China, in a number of files, including the Syrian file, and we reiterate our position on the need to adopt a peaceful political solution rather than the delivery of the situation into a dead end, this is position passed down to the Arab League and the ongoing consultations between us, "in parallel with the continuation of the Arab Ministerial Committee ...
And whether the Arab League decision to adopt a political solution in Syrian affairs, said Cixian: "This goes back to the content of this political interference if political interference raise peaceful dialogue there is no problem in it, but China will oppose any interference violent in Syria do not think that the Arab League to this day appear willing to cover the public to resort to a military solution in Syria, this is not an option until today."
For membership in Palestine at the United Nations It is not easy from the standpoint of Cixian, "especially the Israelis resumed the building of settlements in the occupied territories and this will complicate matters more. And to find a solution to the problem between the Palestinians and the Israelis said from the beginning that if he did not offer the possibility of the Palestinian people build a sovereign state and independent with the 1967 borders and Jerusalem as its capital will not be possible solutions for peace. This is a clear to China that support the Palestinian cause from the start and support the application for membership of the Palestinian in the United Nations, despite the difficulty of the matter and this view we expressed to the Israelis as well."
بغداد تنفي تزويد دمشق بأجهزة تنصت أميركية
Baghdad denies supplying Damascus with U.S. wiretapping (Blue Coat Systems)
http://www.aksalser.com/?page=view_news&id=0b35570e6bdd8badb262be26143c2eec&ar=110021484
Tuesday - November 1 - 2011 - 9:43:36
أميركا تهدد المصارف اللبنانية التي تخرق العقوبات ضد سورية بالعقوبات
America threatens Lebanese banks that violate the sanctions against Syria sanctions
http://www.aksalser.com/index.php?page=view_news&id=da00479bc160d8e59628e14f30b4f2f7&ar=481275854
Tuesday - November 1 - 2011 - 14:29:31
Source said U.S. official that, despite assurances from the government of President Najib Mikati, it is not the Syrian government one dollar in Lebanese banks, I have U.S. officials skeptical of it, due to the influence of Syrian forces in Lebanon, and the history of relations between the two countries and the relationship of Mikati the Syrian leadership.
The source said the U.S. official told the Lebanese newspaper "An Nahar" American officials have said unequivocally to the Lebanese officials, including Governor of the Bank of Lebanon, if it is found that there is a relationship of any of the Bank of Lebanon in the accounts of Syrian official or Syrian figures on the list of U.S. sanctions, and if the for the bank to do with any U.S. bank, it will be subjected to sanctions.
Britain hopes Lebanon can avoid facing sanctions against Syria: Fletcher (Britain urged Lebanon to sever economic relations with Syria, and send a blackmail to Lebanon by quoting Israel)
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/2011/Nov-01/152793-britain-hopes-lebanon-can-avoid-facing-sanctions-against-syria-fletcher.ashx
November 01, 2011 02:07 PM
BEIRUT: Britain seeks to protect Lebanon's lucrative banking sector from sanctions against Syria, Britain's ambassador to Lebanon said, adding that the country should be prepared for the worst if the government fails to fund the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
"We recognize that the Lebanese economy depends largely on the banking sector and that Lebanon and Syria are close partners," Tom Fletcher told An-Nahar in an interview published Tuesday.
"We hope that the Lebanese economy can separate itself from sanctions on the Syrian economy and the best way to protect the Lebanese economy is by urging Lebanese companies to do so."
There have been fears that sanctions targeting Syrian financial institutions could spill over into Lebanon, which has close links with its neighboring country. In August a Beirut-based arm of a Syria's Commercial Bank of Syria was added to a list of U.S. sanctions targets.
Fletcher also said that he has held meetings with Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh during which the two discussed ways to assure the international community that Lebanon is safe from sanctions. Fletcher said there is a general understanding that it would be a disaster to take measures that would harm the Lebanese economy.
"There is a risk that some parties such as Israel could portray Lebanon as part of Syria and Hezbollah, and use that to hit the Lebanese economy," Fletcher said."And perhaps in the future, [that could be used] as a pretext for other steps. This shows the importance of showing things are more complicated than they look from the outside, and that Hezbollah is part of the government, but it does not run the country."
As part of a three-part plan to ensure stability in Lebanon, Britain has said it intends to work to protect Lebanon's financial sector from mounting sanctions on Syria, although it has not explained its methods for doing so in detail.
Fletcher also said that failing to pay Lebanon's $32 million share of the court's budget would be a bad sign, hinting that direct sanctions on Lebanon could be a possibility.
"[Failure to fund] would be a bad sign. In any case, we have to work with all the possibilities and prepare for the worst. We held talks at the European level last week about this and we should be ready for any way out," he said.
Prime Minister Najib Mikati and President Michel Sleiman have repeatedly assured the international community that the government will pay the funding, but such a commitment is threatened by the opposition of Hezbollah and its allies, who hold a majority in the Cabinet.
During the interview, Fletcher spoke about the three-part action plan, which includes increasing British training of the Lebanese Army and security forces and backing reforms. He said Britain recognizes that some of the aid could end up with Hezbollah, according to An-Nahar.
"The armed forces cannot gain respect if their efficiency and strategic abilities are not strengthened. We hope to reach [that point] especially by building this kind of cooperation," Fletcher said.
"Hezbollah itself has an interest in stability and in the ability of the security forces to do their job ... while the officials themselves in the army and security forces need to [help] Hezbollah adapt to being part of the process," he added.
Asked whether this would pave the way for a national defense strategy, Fletcher said: "It is up to the Lebanese, I strongly would like to see this national strategy, but it is part of the political process."
Some Lebanese lawmakers have urged the government to create a national defense strategy that would absorb Hezbollah's arsenal, while Hezbollah has maintained that the tripartite formula of "the people, the army, and the resistance" is the only means to fend off Israeli aggression.
عضو في العفو الدولية: تقارير المنظمة حول انتهاكات مزعومة في القطاع الصحي بسورية تفوح منها الرائحة العفنة لسياسة ازدواج المعايير
AI Member Criticizes its Report on Health Sector in Syria as Evidence on Double Standard Policy (Amnesty International's fabrication)
http://www.sana.sy/ara/3/2011/11/02/379392.htm
http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2011/11/02/379418.htm
Nov 02, 2011
BEIRUT, (SANA) – Professor Franklin Lamb, member of the Amnesty International (AI) criticized the AI's report on the health sector in Syria published on October 25th under the title "Health Crisis: Syrian Government Targets the Wounded and Health Workers".
In an interview with al-Manar TV website, Lamb said "Amnesty International claimed, without convincing material, probative or relevant evidence that the Syrian authorities have turned hospital since March 2011 into instruments of repression in order to crush protests and demonstrations and in some cases they were prevented from medical care while others taken to hospital have been detained or have simply disappeared."
He said that despite the great distinction between Syria and Libya, their medical professions and current challenges, the AI’s conclusion from its "research" in Syria is virtually identical to what it concluded from its investigation in Libya on the same subject.
Lamb added that the report consisted significantly of collecting Al Jazeera and Al Arabia type media accounts including the dubious reports on the same subject by the CNN, and sundry anonymous U-tube clips.
"AI offers as its proof of these claims the weakest and seemingly most competition-driven support of any Amnesty International reports I have read. It reeks of yet another orientalist double standard and ignores similar claims from citizens in western countries of similar actions by their governments," the professor said.
He added that "I recently had the opportunity to visit some of Syria’s largest state-run Ministry of Health hospitals, accompanied by administrators and medical staffs, such as Damascus Hospital and al- Mowasat," indicating that the AI was able to do so instead of relying on reports and it still has the opportunity to.
Lamd said that he was able to meet some of health workers at Damascus General Hospital and discuss issues raised by Amnesty International, including Dr. Mahmoud Naji, the Director of the Emergency Department and Intensive Care Unit at Damascus Hospital and Dr. Adib Mahmoud, the Hospital administrator.
He noted that the workers in the medical field in Syria complained of the AI' s Amnesty International’s "gratuitous defamation of Syria’s medical community, indicating that the AI’s charges that Syrian medical staff humiliate or refuse to treat patients brought laughter from some care givers at Damascus Hospital as they explained the strict procedure they abide by from the moment a patient arrives at the emergency entrance.
Lamb delivered the proposal made by a doctor who appeared a bit offended by the AI's accusations to request from among scores of current or former patients their permission to provide AI with their phone numbers so they could discuss privately AI’s sweeping and unsupported allegations against the Syrian Medical community.
The American professor was invited to literally follow arriving emergency room patients as they were admitted and treated and until they were assigned a bed in the appropriate ward. The nurse told him that "the patient privacy rules are very strict in Syria and we can only ask medical and certainly not political questions."
He added that he spoke for almost every Syrian medical person and what they insist that they are doctors and care givers with a variety of political views which they leave at home, stressing their commitment to their Hippocratic Oath which they take seriously.
Lamb concluded that "the Amnesty International falls significantly below an objective standard and fails to shoulder its burden of proof for the charges it levels at Syria’s medical community."
"The fact that AI appears to have been somewhat lazy in its work and continues hyping its deeply flawed "investigation" is egregious.AI also failed to meet the standard of investigative work that we who will continue to support and endorse its human rights work expect from it," he added.
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