Askar tentera Syria dilihat dikerahkan dalam kejiranan Jobar Damsyik pada 24 Ogos 2013 (Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of Damascus on August 24, 2013. (AFP Photo – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
SitiWanMahani - (RT. Published Ogos 27, 2013) Rusia 'kesal' dengan keputusan Amerika Syarikat untuk menangguhkan rundingan Syria. Moscow telah menyuarakan "kekesalannya" atas keputusan Amerika Syarikat untuk menangguhkan perbincangan 2 hala ke atas Syria.
Rusia telah berusaha untuk menenangkan panggilan untuk tindakan ketenteraan ke atas penggunaan yang dikatakan senjata kimia, berkata tidak ada bukti penglibatan rejim Assad.
Kerajaan Amerika Syarikat mengumumkan bahawa ia telah menangguhkan perbincangan dua hala dengan Rusia lewat Isnin, memetik “Rundingan berterusan” ke atas penggunaan yang didakwa kerajaan Syria terhadap senjata kimia.
Pegawai-pegawai Rusia dan Amerika telah dijadualkan untuk bertemu di The Hague pada hari Rabu untuk perbincangan dua hala mengenai konflik Syria.
Rusia Timbalan Menteri Luar Gennady Gatilov menulis sebarang tweet tindak balas kepada langkah pagi Selasa, menyatakan kebimbangan mengenai keputusan Washington.
“Adalah malangnya ianya bahawa rakan-rakan barat kami telah membuat keputusan untuk membatalkan mesyuarat 2 hala Amerika Syarikat -Rusia untuk membincangkan panggilan untuk satu persidangan antarabangsa di Syria," Gatilov wrote on Twitter. Beliau berkata dalam post kemudiannya segi membincangkan penyelesaian politik diperlukan sekarang, lebih daripada biasa dalam menghadapi campur tangan tentera mungkin di Syria.
Russia ‘regrets’ US decision to shelve Syria talks. Moscow has voiced “regret” over a US decision to put off bilateral talks over Syria. Russia has sought to placate calls for military action over the alleged use of chemical weapons, saying there is no evidence of the Assad regime’s complicity.
The US government announced it was postponing bilateral talks with Russia late Monday, citing “ongoing consultations” over the Syrian government’s alleged use of chemical weapons.
Russian and American officials had been scheduled to meet in The Hague on Wednesday for bilateral talks on the Syrian conflict.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov tweeted a response to the move Tuesday morning, expressing concern over Washington’s decision.
“It is a pity that our western partners have decided to cancel the bilateral US-Russian meeting to discuss calls for an international conference on Syria,” Gatilov wrote on Twitter. He added in a later post that discussing terms for a political solution were needed now more than ever in the face of possible military intervention in Syria.
Timbalan Menteri Luar Gennady Gatilov (Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Fedorenko - think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Luar Negeri Duma Rusia, Aleksey Pushkov turut dimuatkan di dalam Twitter beliau, mendakwa Amerika Syarikat telah membuat keputusan untuk menyerang Syria dan mereka telah pergi terlalu jauh.
Beberapa negara-negara barat termasuk Perancis, Amerika Syarikat dan United Kingdom telah mengutuk kerajaan Presiden Bashar Assad, kerana dakwaan serangan senjata kimia minggu lalu di pinggir bandar Damsyik dan meminta jawapan, membayangkan pada tindakan ketenteraan mungkin. Pada Isnin, Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin kepada British Perdana Menteri David Cameron dalam satu perbualan telefon bahawa masih tidak ada bukti kerajaan Assad di belakang serangan.
Walau bagaimanapun, Cameron menegaskan bahawa kuasa-kuasa Assad, di belakang itu “Senjata kimia” serangan, mengatakan bahawa pembangkang Syria tidak mempunyai kemudahan untuk mengatur serangan itu. Cameron juga dinamakan kelewatan kerajaan Syria dalam membolehkan satu pasukan pakar-pakar PBB untuk memeriksa tapak itu sebagai suatu petunjuk bahawa ia mempunyai sesuatu yang hendak disembunyikan.
Washington juga telah melihat peningkatan dalam retorik, menggesa tindakan terhadap kerajaan Assad. Samantha Power, Duta Amerika Syarikat ke PBB, mengecam kerajaan Assad untuk serangannya ke atas akaun Twitter beliau, dan menuntut kebertanggungjawaban.
Sementara itu, pemeriksa senjata PBB adalah disebabkan untuk memulakan hari yang ke-2 siasatan di pinggir bandar Damsyik Ghouta, di mana serangan toksik yang berlaku Rabu lalu. Konvoi pasukan kenderaan dikritik dari penyerang yang tidak dikenali hari ini apabila mereka melawat kawasan itu.
Di sebalik serangan sniper, pasukan itu berjaya mengumpul sampel untuk analisis dan mengumpul keterangan saksi di sebuah hospital tempatan. Bertentangan dengan tuntutan dari Amerika Syarikat dan UK bahawa siasatan itu terlalu lewat untuk menghasilkan keputusan yang tepat, PBB menekankan misi itu masih sah, walaupun hampir seminggu telah berlalu sejak serangan sepatutnya.
Serangan yang didakwa berlaku pada Rabu lepas di pinggir bandar timur ibu kota Syria. Media yang menerbitkan laporan yang bercanggah mengenai jumlah kematian, daripada “Berpuluh-puluh” kepada lebih 1,300 orang yang mati. French amal Medecins sans Frontieres (Doktor tanpa Sempadan) meletakkan jumlah kematian hanya kira-kira 355.
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman of the Russian Duma, Aleksey Pushkov also posted on his Twitter, alleging the US had already made the decision to strike Syria and they had gone too far.
A number of western countries including France, the US and the UK have condemned President Bashar Assad’s government for last week’s alleged chemical weapons attack in a Damascus suburb and called for a response, hinting at possible military action. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told British Prime Minster David Cameron in a phone conversation that there was still no evidence the Assad government was behind the attack.
However, Cameron insisted that Assad’s forces were behind the “chemical weapons” attack, saying that the Syrian opposition did not have the facilities to orchestrate such an attack. Cameron also cited the Syrian government’s delay in allowing a team of UN experts to examine the site as an indication that it had something to hide.
Washington has also seen an increase in rhetoric, urging action against the Assad government. Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the UN, decried the Assad government for the attack on her Twitter account, and demanded accountability.
Meanwhile, the UN weapons inspectors are due to start their second day of investigations in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, where the toxic attack happened last Wednesday. The team’s convoy of vehicles came under fire from unknown assailants Monday as they visited the area.
In spite of the sniper attack, the team managed to collect samples for analysis and gather witness testimonies at a local hospital. Contradicting claims from the US and UK that the probe was too late to yield accurate results, the UN stressed the mission was still valid, although almost a week has passed since the supposed attack.
The alleged attack took place last Wednesday in an eastern suburb of Syria’s capital. Media published conflicting reports on the death toll, ranging from “dozens” to over 1,300 dead. French charity Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) put the death toll at about 355.
