Russia Presents New Security Council Resolution on Syria
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Russia on Monday distributed a new draft resolution on the Syrian crisis at the U.N. Security Council after facing weeks of criticism over the slow pace of talks, diplomats said.
Western diplomats said however there is no apparent change in the Russian position opposing any strong U.N. action against President Bashar al-Assad's crackdown on protests which has left thousands dead.
The new resolution was distributed as Germany again complained at the 15-member council over the lack of U.N. action on the worsening crisis, a spokesman for Germany's U.N. mission said.
"It is high time for the council to have serious negotiations," said the spokesman stressing how there has been no talks among all 15 members of the council on a Syria resolution for more than three weeks.
Russia and China vetoed a European resolution on Syria in October calling it a move by Western nations toward regime change in Syria.
Russia proposed its own resolution in December but Britain, France, Germany and the United States have said the text is not acceptable because it puts opposition violence on the same level as the government's assault which the U.N. says has left more than 5,400 dead.
Diplomats said the latest text distributed by Russia will be discussed by experts on Tuesday. The new text, however, only takes the existing Russian resolution and adds a list of amendments proposed by the European nations and the United States.
"It is a maneuver playing for time," one Western diplomat told Agence France Presse on condition of anonymity of the new text.
16 January 2012, 21:31
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The russkies will come to their senses eventually... Putin needs support right now...
16 January 2012, 22:29
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Bashar is telling the Russians i need more time and more munitions. The Russians know full well that any political solution must include the departure of Assad and his crowns. Until the Russians are convinced that the regime has lost control over the situation thousands more will die. In the end the Russians will pressure Bashar to step down like saleh, whether he is smart enough to listen or not is a different matter. I hope he does not step down because that would mean an end like qadafe and milosovich perhaps in a year's time. Even if Assad leaves, Syria will take from 5-10 years to reach equilibrium.
16 January 2012, 22:49
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Diplomats dither while real lives are being wasted. It is a shame on the world.
17 January 2012, 00:41
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Russia wants to keep its influence in that region and they know that there won't be any guarantees after Assad leaves. One way is to convince the opposition is that if they want Assad out, they need to work with Russia and not the western powers as was the case with Lybia. Making the opposition realize that no other solution exists without Russia allows the russians to keep their influence while also portraying themselves as the key to the crisis in Syria.
17 January 2012, 04:17
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Russia wants oil drilling in the Med, and rights to use the base from the Syrian Transitional Council.
The STC needs to plan another trip to Moscow and give them what they want in exchange for the fall of Assad and all the Baath.
