Russia: 'The West blames Assad for everything ... We see the situation as more complicated!'

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The USG Open Source Center translates remarks of Russian UN ambassador Vitaliy Churkin on the Syrian crisis:

‘UN envoy explains Russia’s viewpoint on SyriaRossiya 1Wednesday, August 3, 2011 …

Document Type: OSC Summary…

Different approaches to the events in Syria have prevented the UN Security Council from adopting the revised resolution on Syria, Russia’s permanent representative at the UN Vitaliy Churkin told journalists after the latest consultations, as carried by official Russian state channel Rossiya 1 on 3 August.

“It is no secret that our Western colleagues believe that Damascus and the Syrian government are to blame for everything and the best the Security Council can do is to put maximum pressure on Syrian authorities or even intimidate them with further actions on the part of the Security Council. There are a number of other members of the Security Council, Russia among them, who see the situation as more complicated. This analysis of the situation makes us believe that that task of the Security Council is to maximally encourage all sides in Syria to hold a dialogue that would allow the country to find a way out of the current crisis,” he said.

(Description of Source: Moscow Rossiya 1 in Russian — Large state-owned network broadcasting to almost all of Russia (formerly Rossiya TV)) ‘

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