Assad thanks Russia for help
against ‘savage attack’.
on september 18, 2013 at 2:11 pm in news
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
on Wednesday thanked key backer Russia for
helping his regime face down a “savage attack” by
Western-backed rebels, state television reported.
Russia is helping “create… a new global balance”,
Assad said, after Moscow opposed the use of force
should the Damascus regime refuse to abide by an
agreement to hand over its chemical weapons
stockpile.
Assad’s statement came during a meeting with
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
“President Assad expressed… his gratitude to
Russia for its position of helping Syria face down
the savage attack… and the Western, regional and
Arab-backed terrorism,” he said, using the regime’s
term for the armed revolt in the country.
“Russia’s positions on the Syrian crisis create hope
of a new global balance,” he added.
Ryabkov, who flew in to Damascus on Tuesday,
accused UN inspectors investigating chemical
attacks in Syria of being “biased and one-sided”.
Russia has received “evidence that the rebels are
implicated in the chemical attack,” Ryabkov was
quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS
news agencies.
Damascus flatly denies using chemical weapons
against opposition areas, and instead blames rebels
for such attacks.
More than 110,000 people have been killed in
Syria’s 30-month civil war, according to the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
against ‘savage attack’.
on september 18, 2013 at 2:11 pm in news
DAMASCUS (AFP) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad
on Wednesday thanked key backer Russia for
helping his regime face down a “savage attack” by
Western-backed rebels, state television reported.
Russia is helping “create… a new global balance”,
Assad said, after Moscow opposed the use of force
should the Damascus regime refuse to abide by an
agreement to hand over its chemical weapons
stockpile.
Assad’s statement came during a meeting with
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov.
“President Assad expressed… his gratitude to
Russia for its position of helping Syria face down
the savage attack… and the Western, regional and
Arab-backed terrorism,” he said, using the regime’s
term for the armed revolt in the country.
“Russia’s positions on the Syrian crisis create hope
of a new global balance,” he added.
Ryabkov, who flew in to Damascus on Tuesday,
accused UN inspectors investigating chemical
attacks in Syria of being “biased and one-sided”.
Russia has received “evidence that the rebels are
implicated in the chemical attack,” Ryabkov was
quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti and ITAR-TASS
news agencies.
Damascus flatly denies using chemical weapons
against opposition areas, and instead blames rebels
for such attacks.
More than 110,000 people have been killed in
Syria’s 30-month civil war, according to the Syrian
Observatory for Human Rights.
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