‘USA’s Syria policy no solution to crisis’
22 Feb 2014 6:41 AM IST
On the ground, a car bomb exploded at a border crossing between Syria and Turkey as rebels battled to prevent regime forces from seizing their last stronghold in the strategic Qalamun region.
And Syria’s government media said Jordan was seeking to stir up the southern front in the country’s conflict after a stalemate in peace talks held in Geneva this month.
Speaking in Baghdad on Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said America’s policy on Syria ‘encourages extremists who are financing terrorism and supplying terrorist organisations and groups with weapons’. ‘In the end, this will not result in anything except the escalation of the Syrian conflict,’ he said in remarks translated from Russian into Arabic. Moscow is a key backer of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which has been battling an uprising that began in March 2011.
It supplies the government with weapons and provides diplomatic cover at the United Nations, where officials said the Security Council is to vote Saturday on a resolution on humanitarian aid for Syria.
Russia, with support from China, has blocked three previous resolutions aimed at pressuring the Damascus regime since the crisis began, with an estimated 250,000 people across Syria awaiting help.
And Syria’s government media said Jordan was seeking to stir up the southern front in the country’s conflict after a stalemate in peace talks held in Geneva this month.
Speaking in Baghdad on Thursday, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said America’s policy on Syria ‘encourages extremists who are financing terrorism and supplying terrorist organisations and groups with weapons’. ‘In the end, this will not result in anything except the escalation of the Syrian conflict,’ he said in remarks translated from Russian into Arabic. Moscow is a key backer of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, which has been battling an uprising that began in March 2011.
It supplies the government with weapons and provides diplomatic cover at the United Nations, where officials said the Security Council is to vote Saturday on a resolution on humanitarian aid for Syria.
Russia, with support from China, has blocked three previous resolutions aimed at pressuring the Damascus regime since the crisis began, with an estimated 250,000 people across Syria awaiting help.
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