Participants of the 67th General Assembly in New York have remained at
odds over the situation in Syria. On Thursday, Qatar urged
interference in the political standoff between Syrian authorities and
rebels, something that was supported by France and Tunisia. Moscow,
Tehran and Cairo, for their part, continue to call for a diplomatic
solution to the Syrian conflict. Russian President Vladimir Putin took
part in the discussionin absentia, warning against taking decisions on
Syria that bypass the UN.
All those urging the ousterof the Assad regime by outside forces
specifically pointed out the UN's current inability to act. British
Prime Minister David Cameron, in turn, said that the blood of children
killed during the civil war in Syria was a "terrible stain on the
reputation of the United Nations." He was echoed by French President
Francois Hollande who described the UN's inaction as "shocking."
The Westerns leaders making similar statementsin New York is only
natural given their permanent drive to rein inDamascus and Tehran and
revise the current system of international relations in circumvention
of the UN. Adding fuel to the fire was a statement by SheikhHamad bin
Khalifa Al Thani, the ruling Emir of the State of Qatar, who called
for mulling a military intervention in Syria, where he said a no-fly
zone should be created. This is a very dangerous tendency, believes
Igor Korotchenko,a Moscow-based political analyst.
"Qatar acts as an instigator of sorts," Korotchenko says, referring to
Qatar possessing hefty sums andlocal tribal leaders' ambitions. "We
know that Qatar sponsors a spate of negative changes that are taking
place in Northern Africa, and that Qatar lends support to Syrian
rebels. I think that the time is ripe for consideringslapping
sanctions on this gas dwarf," Korotchenko says.
Western elites and their Middle Eastern partners are irked with the
positiontaken by Moscow and Beijing, which have repeatedly blocked the
UNSecurity Council's resolutions on Syria. In an interview with the
Voice of Russia broadcast on Thursday, Fyodor Lukyanov,
editor-in-chief of the Russia in Global Affairs magazine, lambasted
Western countries' push for meddling in the Syrian conflict. He
attributed this push to the West's dissatisfaction with its own
actions, Lukyanov said.
" The situation in Syria came to a standstill," Lukyanov says,
separately referring to the killing of aUS Ambassador to Libya that
recently hit the international headlines."Some in the United
Stateshave already slammed Washington's desire to interfere in the
Syrian conflict that I think reflectsthe West's inability to
act,"Lukayanov says, singling out the West' frustration about Bashar
Assad still being in power in Syria.
For his part, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi called the resolution
of theSyrian problem one of his key priorities. He added that this
would help Syria contain a threat of a foreign military intervention
that he stressed is being opposed by Cairo. Morsi was echoedby Russian
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov who said on Thursday thatthe Syrian
crisis should only be resolved through a national consensus in a
wide-scale inter-Syrian dialogue under the UN's aegis. Lavrov was
speaking during his meeting with UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi
on the sidelines ofthe UN General Assembly.
Arab countries weigh calls for intervention in Syria
Arab ministers on Wednesday weighed calls for an Arab intervention
inthe Syria conflict after meeting with UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar
Brahimi on the sidelines ofthe UN General Assembly. Tunisia's
President Moncef Marzouki said later his country could support an Arab
peacekeeping force in Syria.
"A peacekeeping operation by Arab nations is something we could well
imagine," Marzouki said.
"We have really pushed for a peaceful solution, butif it is necessary,
it must bean Arab peacekeeping force, yes."
On Tuesday, the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani,
called at the UN General Assembly for an Arab intervention inSyria.
Arab League secretary general Nabil al-Arabi told reporters he did not
believe the emir intended a "fighting force."
But he told a Security Council meeting on the Middle East that the
council must support Brahimi by making its resolutions on
Syria"binding on all parties."
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appealed for the "paralyzed" UN
security council to make a new attempt to reach an accord on taking
measuresover the conflict.
France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was"shocking" that
the councilhad been unable to act in the 18 months since the uprising
against Assad started....
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