4th June, 2012
A delegation from the U.S. State Department headed by Special Coordinator for the Middle East Frederick Hoff will visit Russia this week to discuss the crisis in Syria, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday.
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U.S. Delegation to Visit Russia for Syria Talks
Posted by seumasach on June 5, 2012
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Syrie : Vladimir Poutine gifle copieusement François Hollande à l’Elysée
Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
1st June, 2012
J’ai regardé tout à l’heure, sur BFMTV, la conférence de presse entre François Hollande et Vladimir Poutine à l’Élysée. Nous avons vu deux styles, l’un direct et pas du tout diplomatique, celui de François Hollande, et l’autre, fin, diplomatique et surtout politique, celui du président russe Vladimir Poutine.
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Pakistan gets a cuddle and a hug
Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
Russia is gearing up to play an effective role in world affairs. Its assertive stance on Syria and Iran can be expected to extend to Pakistan and Central Asia. Russia kept its participation over the NATO summit on a low-key and saw to it that none of the Central Asian leaders who were invited – from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan – attended either. Meanwhile, Moscow also hosted a summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). Putin is undertaking visits to Belarus, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan during the week ahead and is virtually launching his Eurasian project.
M.K.Bhadrakumar
2nd June, 2012
The back-to-back visits to Pakistan this week by China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and the Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, are rich in political symbolism and strategic content.
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Libya, Syria and the defeat of Western diplomacy
Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
31st May, 2012
Westphalia (1648) set the principles, Helsinki (1975) laid the rules; in 1991, the playground bully started running amok, after subverting the terms of the Helsinki Final Act by a new form of imperialism in the 70s and 80s, using civilian populations as a means to create a casus belli or achieve a means to an end. The bottom line: Don’t trust them!
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Syria: Vladimir Putin intends to create free trade zone with Russia
Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
3rd June, 2012
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin, is considering the establishment of a free trade zone between Syria and the Customs Union [1]
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Syria: Vladimir Putin contemplates sending CSTO peacekeeping force
Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
3rd June, 2012
The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin, plans to deploy a peacekeeping force to Syria to prevent a possible slide towards civil war [1]
Putin asked the Secretary General of the Organization of Collective Security Treaty (CSTO), Nikolai Bordyuzha, to make a proposal to this effect. This peaceful initiative is antithetical to the NATO military intervention envisaged by the West.
Mr. Bordyuzha immediately made it known that the CSTO is capable of deploying in Syria without delay a force of 20,000 well-trained “blue fur hats.” The CSTO is made up by Russia, Belarus, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
This force would be tasked to mediate between the national army and the armed opposition … and to detain foreign fighters. The U.S. Permanent Representative to the Security Council, Susan Rice, raised the possibility for NATO to intervene militarily in Syria without a UN mandate. Vladimir Putin has not indicated whether the CSTO peacekeeping force would act with or without a Security Council mandate.
[1] “Путину предлагают ввести войска в Сирию,” Izvestia, 1 June 2012.
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British journalist tells truth about Syria
Posted by seumasach on June 4, 2012
Britain now has a courageous and responsible journalist. His blog is here
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UN Human Rights Resolution on Syria beyond mandate – Lavrov
Posted by seumasach on June 3, 2012
3rd June, 2012
The UN Human Rights Council resolution on the Houla massacre in Syria goes beyond its mandate and contradicts the UN Security Council’s May 27 statement, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
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‘UNHR resolution on Houla imbalanced, biased and beyond mandate’ – Russia
Posted by seumasach on June 3, 2012
3rd June, 2012
Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement on Sunday denouncing the UN Human Rights resolution on Houla adopted in Geneva on June 1. “Russia, and also China and Cuba, voted against this resolution because the text of this document is imbalanced, biased and contains a number of one-sided assessments,” says the statement. “It denounces solely the Syrian government for the tragedy. But does not show any condemnation for the actions of militants, bandits and terrorists responsible for the blasts in Damascus and Aleppo, the open chase for Syrian civilian state and municipal employees, public and religious servants, shooting of university teachers and doctors, or taking hostage of Muslim pilgrims.” The Ministry states the text of the UN Human Rights Council resolution goes beyond its mandate and actually runs counter to the UN Security Council press statement of May 27.
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A “fusion” of interest to Russia, India
Posted by seumasach on June 2, 2012
M.K.Bhadrakumar
30th May, 2012
The Barack Obama administration is tying itself in knots over its Iran policy. Clearly, the talks at Baghdad saw that the US diplomats went to the Iraqi capital like hollow men without any sense how to move forward. This is an election year for Obama and he needs to calibrate his Iran policy without antagonizing the Israeli Lobby in the US domestic politics.
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L’affaire de Houla illustre le retard du renseignement occidental en Syrie
Posted by seumasach on June 2, 2012
Thierry Meyssan
2nd June, 2012
Les Occidentaux n’ayant jamais tort, il est peu probable qu’ils reconnaîtront s’être trompé à propos du massacre de Houla. Mais l’important n’est pas de savoir s’ils rectifieront ou non l’image mensongère que leur propagande fabrique de la Syrie. L’important, c’est l’évolution du rapport de forces entre l’OTAN et l’OCS. Or, l’affaire de Houla montre que les Occidentaux sont incapables de savoir ce qui se passe sur place, tandis que le renseignement militaire russe n’ignore rien du terrain.
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