‘No One Has Right to Decide Who Rules Syria’

Russian President Vladimir Putin stresses his country’s stance on Syria, saying no body has the right to interfere in other countries and decide who rules.

"We believe that nobody has the right to decide for other nations who should be in power and who should not," Putin told reporters after a G20 summit in the Mexican beach resort of Los Cabos.

"It is not changing the regime that is important, but that after changing the regime, which should be done constitutionally, violence is stopped and peace comes to the country," he said.
Putin said all sides should sit down and work things out beforehand.
As he affirmed his country’s opposing to international interference in Syria, the Russian leader criticized what has been coming on in Libya following the interference by NATO air forces.
"Unlike in some North African countries where violence goes on even after regime change," Putin said.

Putin's forthright remarks came the day after he joined US President Barack Obama in calling for an "immediate" end to the Syria conflict.

"In order to stop the bloodshed in Syria, we call for an immediate cessation of all violence," the two leaders said in a statement after meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit of the world's leading economies.

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General Mood: Government of Syria Expressed Support to UNSMIS Mission, the Same Clear Statement from the Opposition NOT Seen Yet

Jun 20, 2012

NEW YORK, (SANA)_ The chief U.N. monitor of UNSMIS Mission to Syria, General Robert Mood of Norway declared that "the Government of Syria expressed its support very clearly" to UNSMIS mission in Syria while he has not 'seen the same clear statement from the opposition yet.'

In press statements yesterday, General Mood added that UNSMIS would 'only resume full operations if there were a significant reduction in the level of violence and both the opposition and government voiced their commitment to the observers' safety and freedom of movement.'

General Mood said that he made the decision- to suspend the observer mission temporarily- based on the 'risks on the ground and based on the fact that the risks made it difficult to implement mandated tasks.'

On his part, U.N. peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous underscored that the United Nations remained committed to Annan's peace plan, the only peace proposal under consideration at the moment.'Ladsous added that "There's no other game in town and there's no plan B.''

Earlier Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates stated that the armed terrorist groups have escalated their criminal attacks since Annan's plan was signed, even attacking the UN observer mission and posing a threat to their lives.

"The armed groups also disregarded Annan's plan and the initial agreement between the United Nations and the Syrian Government, assisted by Arab and international powers that are still providing the terrorists with up-to-date weapons and communication devices that help them in committing their crimes and sticking to their defiance of the UN plan," the Ministry underlined.

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