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WEST PREVENTED UN SECURITY COUNCIL FROM CONDEMNING ACTIONS OF SYRIAN MILITANTS IN KASAB
The Voice of Russia
April 4 2014
Western countries at the UN Security Council did not allow Russia
to secure a reaction to the Syrian militants' actions in the city
of Kasab, inhabited by ethnic Armenians, as well as to the shooting
on the port of Latakia by armed groups, the shooting that led to a
suspension of the removal of chemical weapons from the country, an
official at the Russian Permanent Mission at the UN told the Russian
news agenyc TASS on Thursday.
"The Elements for the Press, suggested by us about the actions of
militants in Kasab and the shelling of Latakia, did not find support
with Western colleagues at the UN Security Council," the Russian
Mission official said.
The Russian-prepared draft Elements for the Press condemn "the latest
attacks by Syrian opposition groups, among them those connected to
al-Qaeda, on the city of Kasab populated by Syrian Armenians", the
official said.
Earlier on Thursday, Vitaly Churkin, Russia's Permanent Representative
at the UN, expressed hope that it would be possible to fix the Elements
for the Press, which are not an official document of the UN Security
Council and are read out by the UN Security Council President.
In so doing, the diplomat said the Western members of the UN Security
Council had blocked the adoption of a statement for the press which
condemned the mortar shelling of the port of Latakia when containers
with chemical weapons were being loaded onto a Danish ship and a
Norwegian ship.
"They (the West) have taken up an utterly unambiguous and common
attitude on both humanitarian matters, political issues, and on
chemical demilitarization. They seek to put an additional pressure on
the government at every opportunity and take from under any pressure
those who are fighting against it, even if those are extremist and
terrorist groups," the diplomat stated.
UN sources reported on Friday that the Kasab area, which is populated
predominantly by Syrian Armenians, "remains a zone of fighting". UN
data have it that a large proportion of Kasab residents about 1,550
families fled to Latakia where they are being given all the necessary
aid.
Churkin said almost all residents fled Kasab, with the exception of a
large number of old people who refused to leave the city. "Luckily,
the dreadful reports about Armenians being gunned down massively
found no confirmation," Russa's UN Ambassador added. He said the
developmens in Kasab would be discussed without fail at a UN SC meeting
on humanitarian situation in Syria. The meeting is scheduled for April
30. "We keep monitoring this (the happenings in Kasab). However, no
separate discussion of the issue has been planned," the diplomat said.
Meanwhile, a source at the UN Secretariat on Thursday confirmed the
receipt of a letter from Armenia's Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan
who called for securing a a reaction to the actions of militants
in Kasab. The Minister also demands urgent measures from Ankara t
oprevent penetration of Syria by terrorists from Turkish territory.
Moscow calls for discussing attack on Syria's Kesab at UN Security
Council
The Russian Foreign Ministry has called for discussing an attack on
the Armenian-populated town of Kesab in northern Syria by extremist
groups linked to al-Qaeda at the UN Security Council, Interfax reports.
"The UN Security Council should discuss the situation in Kesab and
issue its principled judgment about these events," the ministry said
in a commentary on Tuesday.
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_04/West-prevented-UN-Security-Council-from-condemning-actions-of-Syrian-militants-in-Kasab-5710/
The Voice of Russia
April 4 2014
Western countries at the UN Security Council did not allow Russia
to secure a reaction to the Syrian militants' actions in the city
of Kasab, inhabited by ethnic Armenians, as well as to the shooting
on the port of Latakia by armed groups, the shooting that led to a
suspension of the removal of chemical weapons from the country, an
official at the Russian Permanent Mission at the UN told the Russian
news agenyc TASS on Thursday.
"The Elements for the Press, suggested by us about the actions of
militants in Kasab and the shelling of Latakia, did not find support
with Western colleagues at the UN Security Council," the Russian
Mission official said.
The Russian-prepared draft Elements for the Press condemn "the latest
attacks by Syrian opposition groups, among them those connected to
al-Qaeda, on the city of Kasab populated by Syrian Armenians", the
official said.
Earlier on Thursday, Vitaly Churkin, Russia's Permanent Representative
at the UN, expressed hope that it would be possible to fix the Elements
for the Press, which are not an official document of the UN Security
Council and are read out by the UN Security Council President.
In so doing, the diplomat said the Western members of the UN Security
Council had blocked the adoption of a statement for the press which
condemned the mortar shelling of the port of Latakia when containers
with chemical weapons were being loaded onto a Danish ship and a
Norwegian ship.
"They (the West) have taken up an utterly unambiguous and common
attitude on both humanitarian matters, political issues, and on
chemical demilitarization. They seek to put an additional pressure on
the government at every opportunity and take from under any pressure
those who are fighting against it, even if those are extremist and
terrorist groups," the diplomat stated.
UN sources reported on Friday that the Kasab area, which is populated
predominantly by Syrian Armenians, "remains a zone of fighting". UN
data have it that a large proportion of Kasab residents about 1,550
families fled to Latakia where they are being given all the necessary
aid.
Churkin said almost all residents fled Kasab, with the exception of a
large number of old people who refused to leave the city. "Luckily,
the dreadful reports about Armenians being gunned down massively
found no confirmation," Russa's UN Ambassador added. He said the
developmens in Kasab would be discussed without fail at a UN SC meeting
on humanitarian situation in Syria. The meeting is scheduled for April
30. "We keep monitoring this (the happenings in Kasab). However, no
separate discussion of the issue has been planned," the diplomat said.
Meanwhile, a source at the UN Secretariat on Thursday confirmed the
receipt of a letter from Armenia's Foreign Minister Edvard Nalbandyan
who called for securing a a reaction to the actions of militants
in Kasab. The Minister also demands urgent measures from Ankara t
oprevent penetration of Syria by terrorists from Turkish territory.
Moscow calls for discussing attack on Syria's Kesab at UN Security
Council
The Russian Foreign Ministry has called for discussing an attack on
the Armenian-populated town of Kesab in northern Syria by extremist
groups linked to al-Qaeda at the UN Security Council, Interfax reports.
"The UN Security Council should discuss the situation in Kesab and
issue its principled judgment about these events," the ministry said
in a commentary on Tuesday.
http://voiceofrussia.com/news/2014_04_04/West-prevented-UN-Security-Council-from-condemning-actions-of-Syrian-militants-in-Kasab-5710/