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SHOOTING DOWN OF TURKISH PLANE NOT A PROVOCATION - RUSSIA
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 26, 2012 - 20:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia on Tuesday, June 26 said Syria's shooting
down of a Turkish warplane should not be seen as a provocation and
warned world powers against using the incident to push for stronger
action against Damascus, Reuters reported.
The comments were Moscow's first reaction to Friday's downing of a
Turkish military aircraft by Syrian air defenses.
Turkey's NATO allies on Tuesday condemned Syria's action as
unacceptable but stopped short of threatening any military response.
Turkey also plans to approach the U.N. Security Council.
"We think it is important that what happened is not viewed as a
provocation or a premeditated action (by Syria)," Russia's foreign
ministry said in a statement on its website.
Any political escalation would be "extremely dangerous" and threaten
a Syrian peace plan drawn up by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan,
the ministry added.
Russia has used its power of veto in the U.N. Security Council to
shield Syria from harsher international sanctions over Damascus's
crackdown on a 16-month revolt.
Moscow, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's few remaining
allies, repeated its view that Annan's plan was the only way to end
the bloodshed in Syria.
"Once again, we call on all sides to act exclusively in the interests
of such an agenda (the peace plan) and not to take steps that go
beyond its limits," the ministry said.
"We believe that the best course of action is restraint and
constructive interaction between the Turkish and Syrian sides in
order to clarify all the circumstances of the incident."
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 26, 2012 - 20:50 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia on Tuesday, June 26 said Syria's shooting
down of a Turkish warplane should not be seen as a provocation and
warned world powers against using the incident to push for stronger
action against Damascus, Reuters reported.
The comments were Moscow's first reaction to Friday's downing of a
Turkish military aircraft by Syrian air defenses.
Turkey's NATO allies on Tuesday condemned Syria's action as
unacceptable but stopped short of threatening any military response.
Turkey also plans to approach the U.N. Security Council.
"We think it is important that what happened is not viewed as a
provocation or a premeditated action (by Syria)," Russia's foreign
ministry said in a statement on its website.
Any political escalation would be "extremely dangerous" and threaten
a Syrian peace plan drawn up by U.N.-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan,
the ministry added.
Russia has used its power of veto in the U.N. Security Council to
shield Syria from harsher international sanctions over Damascus's
crackdown on a 16-month revolt.
Moscow, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's few remaining
allies, repeated its view that Annan's plan was the only way to end
the bloodshed in Syria.
"Once again, we call on all sides to act exclusively in the interests
of such an agenda (the peace plan) and not to take steps that go
beyond its limits," the ministry said.
"We believe that the best course of action is restraint and
constructive interaction between the Turkish and Syrian sides in
order to clarify all the circumstances of the incident."