“I
have reported consistently for about 14 months that Russia and China
will not allow regime change in Syria because that is the prelude to
an attack on Iran. They have been utterly consistent throughout this
period. Something appears to be holding in check the energies and the
wish of The Powers That Were to unleash this Hell on earth.”
---Mike
Ruppert
Russia
Rules Out Libyan Scenario in Syria
9
December, 2012
MOSCOW,
December 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia will not allow a repetition of the
Libyan scenario in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said
on Sunday.
“We’ll
not allow the Libyan experience to be reproduced in Syria.
Unfortunately our Western partners have departed from the Geneva
accords and are seeking the departure of [Syrian President] Bashar
al-Assad,” Lavrov said, adding Russia was not clinging to any
individual leaders in Syria.
Russia
and China vetoed a Western-backed UN resolution on Syria on July 19
over fears that it would lead to foreign military intervention in the
Middle East country.
The
resolution was tied to Chapter 7 of the UN Charter, which would have
provided for the use of force to put an end to the rapidly escalating
conflict.
Russia
says it has no special interest in seeing Assad remain in power, but
that the “Syrian people” should decide his fate.
A
number of Western countries have been trying to persuade Moscow to
support a resolution effectively authorizing a military operation,
but Russia has repeatedly insisted that the Western drive for a
stronger crackdown on Syria is preparation for a “Libyan scenario.”
In
Libya, rebels ousted and killed long-standing dictator Muammar
Gaddafi in October 2011 after a months-long military standoff in
which they received assistance from NATO forces. Russia did not use
its veto power in the UN Security Council to block the intervention
in Libya that was started under the pretext of protecting civilians
there.
Lavrov
also said Russia was not holding any talks on the fate of embattled
Assad.
Meanwhile,
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said the Syrian
leadership had assured Russia there was no danger of the spread of
chemical weapons in the Middle East country.
“The
Syrian government is assuring us that it will not allow their spread
[chemical weapons]. We hope that this will be so,” Patrushev said.
He
was echoed by Lavrov, who said Russia is more concerned that the
chemical weapons could fall into hands of Assad's opponents, whose
ranks allegedly include al-Qaida affiliates. Official Damascus said
on Saturday that the insurgents have taken control of a chemical
factory in Aleppo, which could be used to manufacture chemical
weapons, AFP reported.
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