Russia and China condemned the angry Western reaction to its veto of a UN resolution over Syria where US envoy expressed her “disgust” and France Defense Minister said such countries deserve a “kick in the ass”!
Russia and China condemned Monday the angry Western reaction to its veto of a UN resolution over Syria where US envoy expressed her “disgust” and France Defense Minister said such countries deserve a “kick in the ass”!
"Some comments from the West on the UN Security Council vote, I would say, are indecent and bordering on hysteria," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters in Moscow after a meeting with Bahraini counterpart Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa. Lavrov expressed frustration that Western states did not postpone Saturday's UN Security Council vote until after his visit Tuesday to Damascus, where he will deliver a message to President Bashar al-Assad.
"Such hysterical comments are aimed at suppressing what is actually happening and what has happened," said Lavrov. "It reminds me of the proverb: 'he who gets angry is rarely right'," he added.
Lavrov reaffirmed Russia's position that the resolution was wrong to blame Assad's regime for the “violence” and should have also taken aim at the so-called opposition. "In Syria there is more than one source of violence. There are several there," he said.
China also denied on Monday US accusations and criticisms. Foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told reporters that "China does not have its own selfish interest on the issue of Syria. We don't shelter anyone, nor do we intentionally oppose anyone. We uphold justice and take a responsible attitude."
A top Chinese diplomat said over the weekend that other nations had failed to take account of "reasonable" revision proposals suggested by Russia. Moscow has also defended its UN veto, saying Western powers had refused to reach a consensus. "The authors of the draft Syria resolution, unfortunately, did not want to undertake an extra effort and come to a consensus," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov wrote on Twitter.
France's outspoken Defense Minister Gerard Longuet slammed China and Russia for their veto, and said such countries deserve a "kick in the ass"."It is a disgrace for countries to refuse to assume their responsibilities," Longuet told Europe 1 radio. "Frankly, there are some political cultures that deserve a kick in the ass."
"Everyone must face up to their responsibilities. We must wake up those who accept conformity, and conformity that closes its eyes about a bloody dictator is unacceptable," he said.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday that Europe will strengthen sanctions imposed on Damascus in a bid to boost pressure on the regime and called the dual veto a "moral stain" on the United Nations.
The US representative to the UN said she was “disgusted” of Russia and China’s veto, considering that the two countries’ stances were the results of personal interests.
Syria's Representative to the United Nations Bashar Al-Jaafari said he respected her opinion. “However,” he asked: “Is she also disgusted of the 60 vetoes used in the past to prevent inclusive peace in the region and any just solution for the Arab-Israeli conflict?”
