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ARMING SYRIA MILITANTS, TOO RISKY, MERKEL SAYS
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/27/311064/arming-syria-rebels-too-risky-merkel/
Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:6AM GMT
In an interview broadcast on Turkish television in April, Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad said that if the militants take power
in Syria, they could destabilize the entire Middle East region for
decades."
Related Interviews: 'US uses double face diplomacy on Syria' 'US
involved in massacring of Syrians' Related Viewpoints: Hezbollah:
A game changer in Syria German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned
against supplying arms to the militants in Syria, saying the risks
of the move are too high.
The German leader told her country's parliament on Thursday that,
in her view, "the risks [of arming the militants in Syria] would
be incalculable."
Earlier in May, Merkel had noted that Berlin would never send arms to
the militants in Syria, saying, "Germany will under no circumstances
send weapons to Syria - a country in civil war - no matter how other
countries deal with the arms embargo."
Those comments were made after the European Union, pushed by Britain
and France, decided to lift the Union's arms embargo on the militants
in Syria in order to facilitate the dispatch of weapons to the armed
groups in the Arab country.
Meanwhile, a June 26 report by the Wall Street Journal said the US
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has begun transferring weapons to
Jordan in order to arm groups of foreign-backed militants fighting
against the Syrian government.
The unrest in Syria erupted over two years ago and many people,
including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel,
have been killed in the violence.
Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country,
and there are reports that a very large number of the militants
fighting in Syria are foreign nationals.
In an interview broadcast on Turkish television in April, Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad said that if the militants take power
in Syria, they could destabilize the entire Middle East region for
decades.
MR/HSN/HJL
German Chancellor Angela Merkel
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/06/27/311064/arming-syria-rebels-too-risky-merkel/
Thu Jun 27, 2013 10:6AM GMT
In an interview broadcast on Turkish television in April, Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad said that if the militants take power
in Syria, they could destabilize the entire Middle East region for
decades."
Related Interviews: 'US uses double face diplomacy on Syria' 'US
involved in massacring of Syrians' Related Viewpoints: Hezbollah:
A game changer in Syria German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned
against supplying arms to the militants in Syria, saying the risks
of the move are too high.
The German leader told her country's parliament on Thursday that,
in her view, "the risks [of arming the militants in Syria] would
be incalculable."
Earlier in May, Merkel had noted that Berlin would never send arms to
the militants in Syria, saying, "Germany will under no circumstances
send weapons to Syria - a country in civil war - no matter how other
countries deal with the arms embargo."
Those comments were made after the European Union, pushed by Britain
and France, decided to lift the Union's arms embargo on the militants
in Syria in order to facilitate the dispatch of weapons to the armed
groups in the Arab country.
Meanwhile, a June 26 report by the Wall Street Journal said the US
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has begun transferring weapons to
Jordan in order to arm groups of foreign-backed militants fighting
against the Syrian government.
The unrest in Syria erupted over two years ago and many people,
including large numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel,
have been killed in the violence.
Damascus says the chaos is being orchestrated from outside the country,
and there are reports that a very large number of the militants
fighting in Syria are foreign nationals.
In an interview broadcast on Turkish television in April, Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad said that if the militants take power
in Syria, they could destabilize the entire Middle East region for
decades.
MR/HSN/HJL