Syrian President Bashar Assad (AFP Photo/SANA – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
SitiWanMahani - Keputusan Syria untuk meletakkan senjata senjata kimia di bawah kawalan antarabangsa adalah hasil daripada cadangan Rusia bukannya ancaman serangan tentera Amerika Syarikat, Presiden Bashar Assad telah memberitahu saluran TV Rusia.
“True, a lot depends on Russia and the United States, but the two of us will never deliver results unless our initiatives enjoy the support of the people of the region and the international community,” Lavrov said in an interview on a visit to Kazakhstan, before flying to Geneva. He added: “We need to solidly plan our initiatives on international legal principles.”
“Syria menyerahkan senjata kimia di bawah pengawasan antarabangsa kerana Rusia,” kata Assad dalam temu bual dengan saluran berita negeri yang dikendalikan Channel Rossiya -24. “Ancaman Amerika Syarikat tidak mempengaruhi keputusan itu,” katanya.
Damsyik juga akan mengemukakan kepada PBB semua dokumen yang diperlukan untuk menyertai perjanjian larangan senjata kimia, Itar -Tass dinamakan Assad sebagai berkata.
Temuduga dicatatkan pada hari Khamis dan akan disiarkan kemudian.
Pada hari Isnin, seperti White House telah menolak untuk kelulusan Kongres daripada serangan ketenteraan terhadap rejim Syria, Menteri Luar Rusia Sergey Lavrov menggesa Damsyik (Lavrov urged Damascus) untuk meletakkan simpanan daripada senjata kimia di bawah kawalan antarabangsa.
Moscow juga menggesa kerajaan Syria untuk menyertai Pertubuhan bagi Larangan Senjata Kimia.
Syria menerima cadangan itu dan bersetuju untuk menandatangani tanda Konvensyen Senjata Kimia.
Inisiatif Moscow juga dialu-alukan di Washington. Presiden Barack Obama menggesa Kongres Amerika Syarikat untuk menangguhkan undi untuk membenarkan tindakan ketenteraan , dan berkata beliau mencari penyelesaian diplomatik kepada konflik Syria.
Setiausaha Negara Amerika Syarikat, John Kerry dan Menteri Luar Rusia , Sergey Lavrov, disertai oleh kumpulan-kumpulan pakar, telah dijadualkan untuk bertemu di Geneva (meet
in Geneva) lewat hari ini untuk membincangkan secara terperinci rancangan Moscow untuk melupuskan senjata kimia Syria.
Menjelang mesyuarat itu, Lavrov berkata bahawa bukan sahaja Moscow dan Washington akan menyelia meletakkan senjata kimia Syria di bawah kawalan antarabangsa, tetapi pakar-pakar dari negara-negara lain juga akan terlibat dalam proses.
“Kami tidak akan mengambil alih urusan ini dalam format Rusia - Amerika Syarikat,” kata beliau pada sidang media di Astana, Kazakhstan, pada hari Khamis, Interfax melaporkan. “Pakar Antarabangsa, pakar-pakar Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu dan Pertubuhan bagi Larangan Senjata Kimia, mesti mengambil bahagian dalam kerja-kerja ini. Kami dan rakan-rakan Amerika kita sudah mengadakan dialog substantif dengan mereka.”
Lavrov berkata beliau berharap Rusia dan Amerika Syarikat akan hidup sehingga jangkaan antarabangsa dalam menyelesaikan krisis Syria.
“Benar, banyak bergantung kepada Rusia dan Amerika Syarikat, tetapi kedua-dua daripada kita tidak akan memberikan hasil melainkan inisiatif kami mendapat sokongan orang-orang di rantau ini dan masyarakat antarabangsa, “kata Lavrov dalam satu temu bual dalam lawatan ke Kazakhstan, sebelum terbang ke Geneva. Beliau menambah: “Kita perlu teguh merancang inisiatif kita pada prinsip-prinsip undang-undang antarabangsa.”
Assad: Syria Ceding Chem arms due to Russia plan, not US threats
Syria's decision to place its chemical weapons arsenal under international control was the result of Russia’s proposal rather than the threat of a US military strike, President Bashar Assad has told a Russian TV channel.
“Syria is handing over its chemical weapons under international supervision because of Russia,” Assad said in an interview with state-run news channel Rossiya-24. “The US threats did not influence the decision,” he added.
Damascus will also submit to the United Nations all documents required for joining the chemical weapons ban treaty, Itar-Tass cited Assad as saying.
The interview was recorded on Thursday and will be aired later.
On Monday, as the White House was pushing for congressional approval of the military strike against the Syrian regime, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged Damascus to put its stockpile of chemical weapons under international control.
Moscow also called on the Syrian government to join the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
Syria accepted the proposal and agreed to sign the sign the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Moscow’s initiative was also welcomed in Washington. President Barack Obama urged the US Congress to postpone a vote to authorize military action, and said he was seeking a diplomatic solution to the Syrian conflict.
US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, accompanied by groups of experts, were scheduled to meet
in Geneva late Thursday to discuss in detail Moscow's plan to dispose of Syrian chemical weapons.
Ahead of the meeting, Lavrov said that not just Moscow and Washington would supervise the placing of Syrian chemical weapons under international control, but that specialists from other countries would also be involved in the process.
“We are not going to usurp these arrangements in the Russian-US format,” he told a media conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday, Interfax reported. “International specialists, experts of the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, must take part in this work. We and our American colleagues are already holding a substantive dialogue with them.”
Lavrov also said he hoped Russia and the US would live up to international expectations in resolving the Syrian crisis.
