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July 20, 2012

Russia: Syria Veto Aimed at Preventing Military Force 
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Russia has said it used the veto in a bid to prevent any future pretext
for military force. Speaking at the United Nations, Russian ambassador
Vitaly Churkin claimed the United States and its allies are seeking to
target the Assad regime as part of a bid to weaken Iran.

Vitaly Churkin: "It's all about Iran. It's all about geopolitical
complexion of the Middle East. It's all about the changes, some
unexpected to our Western colleagues, which came about as a result of
military intervention in Iraq and change of the political structure
there. So I'm not making any revelations to you, there is not a serious
person I have talked to who would have any doubt about it, that major
geopolitical battle is being fought on the fields of Syria, which has
nothing to do with the interests of the Syrian people who are not
interested in being the objects of this kind of geopolitical
competition. So it's so very sad."

 

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