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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned the West not to take unilateral action on Syria, saying that Russia and China agree that violations of international law and the United Nations charter are impermissible.
Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying at a meeting with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo that Russia and China base their diplomatic cooperation on the need to strictly adhere to the norms of international law and the principles contained in the U.N. Charter, and not to allow their violation, Lavrov, cited by Russian news agencies at a meeting with China’s top diplomat, was speaking a day after President Obama,in some of his strongest language yet, said U.S. forces could move against President Bashar al-Assad if he deploys chemical weapons against rebels trying to overthrow him.
Obama put Assad’s regime on notice on Monday saying that although he had not ordered military intervention at this point, the United States was monitoring the situation very carefully, and had drawn up contingency plans. Russia and China have opposed military intervention in Syria throughout 17 months of bloodshed and have vetoed three U.N. Security Council resolutions backed by Western and Arab states that would raise pressure on Damascus to end violence.
Interfax quoted Lavrov as saying at a meeting with Chinese State Councillor Dai Bingguo that Russia and China base their diplomatic cooperation on the need to strictly adhere to the norms of international law and the principles contained in the U.N. Charter, and not to allow their violation, Lavrov, cited by Russian news agencies at a meeting with China’s top diplomat, was speaking a day after President Obama,in some of his strongest language yet, said U.S. forces could move against President Bashar al-Assad if he deploys chemical weapons against rebels trying to overthrow him.
Obama put Assad’s regime on notice on Monday saying that although he had not ordered military intervention at this point, the United States was monitoring the situation very carefully, and had drawn up contingency plans. Russia and China have opposed military intervention in Syria throughout 17 months of bloodshed and have vetoed three U.N. Security Council resolutions backed by Western and Arab states that would raise pressure on Damascus to end violence.
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