Thursday, April 14, 2016

Vitaly Churkin: Western partners seem to have secret agenda on Syria, Libya

Western countries may have secret plans of further military interference in Libya where the Islamic State terrorist organization is enhancing its positions but any attempts at unilateral actions will be fraught with negative consequences, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin said in an interview with the Izvestia daily on Thursday.

"Despite the fact that the Libyan experience is very painful for the Security Council, we now have common interests. They are to restore Libya’s unity and territorial integrity and to prevent this country from turning into a nest of terrorism destabilizing a major part of the African continent," he said.

"But despite this, our Western partners seem to be stopping short of telling the whole truth, which gives an impression that they may have a secret agenda of their own on Libya," Churkin noted. "There have been media reports that the Americans delivered air strikes at Islamic State targets in Libya. Newspapers say a British special force in present in that country. We are warning our Western partners (several days ago this subject was raised at the United Nations Security Council) that unilateral actions will bring about no good. So, let us wait and see whether common sense wins the upper hand with them this time."

According to the Russian diplomat, efforts to achieve national unity in that country have failed, with Islamic State having got control over strategically important regions. "All this requires coordinated efforts of the international community, including via the United Nations Security Council," he underscored.
"US officials seen to be still at loss over Russia’s actions in Syria"

The United States’ officials, especially those from Pentagon, tend to underestimate cooperation with Russia in Syria which gives away their abashment over Russia’s actions in that country in the past six months, Vitaly Churkin said in an interview with the Izvestia daily on Thursday.

"Generally speaking, close Russia-U.S. interaction at various levels - political, diplomatic and military - is the backbone of the crisis settlement efforts. All understand it. And the fact that the Americans, especially Pentagon representatives, are underestimating it may probably mean that they are still at a loss over Russia’s energetic actions in the Syrian track in the recent six months," he said........More: http://tass.ru/en/politics/869510
14/4/16
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