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RUSSIA CRITICIZES 'FRIENDS OF SYRIA'
JPost.com
04/02/2012 18:30 MOSCOW - Russia on Monday chided Western and Arab
nations that set "ultimatums and artificial deadlines" for ending
the bloodshed in Syria and said it was not their place to judge peace
envoy Kofi Annan's ceasefire plan.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's remarks, quoted by Interfax news
agency, were aimed at the "Friends of Syria" which said in Istanbul on
Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad did not have an open-ended
opportunity to meet his commitments to Annan.
"Kofi Annan has a mandate from the (UN) Secretary General and the
Security Council. The Security Council will judge who should implement
his proposals, and how," Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying during a
visit to Armenia.
"Ultimatums and artificial deadlines rarely help the matter," he was
quoted as telling a news conference.
JPost.com
04/02/2012 18:30 MOSCOW - Russia on Monday chided Western and Arab
nations that set "ultimatums and artificial deadlines" for ending
the bloodshed in Syria and said it was not their place to judge peace
envoy Kofi Annan's ceasefire plan.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's remarks, quoted by Interfax news
agency, were aimed at the "Friends of Syria" which said in Istanbul on
Sunday that Syrian President Bashar Assad did not have an open-ended
opportunity to meet his commitments to Annan.
"Kofi Annan has a mandate from the (UN) Secretary General and the
Security Council. The Security Council will judge who should implement
his proposals, and how," Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying during a
visit to Armenia.
"Ultimatums and artificial deadlines rarely help the matter," he was
quoted as telling a news conference.