Putin’s Russia renounced Asad
The UN Security Council-member states have welcomed Russia's draft resolution on Syria, which emphasizes the need for putting an end to the bloody civil clashes in the Arab Republic," the "Moskovsky Comsomolets" reports.
Nevertheless, according to the periodical, the draft resolution doesn't include provisions for applying sanctions against Syria.
In the text of the draft resolution it is stated: "The SC demands that all parties in Syria immediately put an end to any type of violence. The SC also calls on the Syrian government to put an end to the persecutions against people exercising their rights to expression of opinions and freedom of rallies."
The document also states that no provision stated in the resolution should be interpreted as permission for military intervention in Syria.
Earlier, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had declared that Washington was ready to discuss Moscow's draft resolution regardless of certain discrepancies.
We remind that two of the five UN SC-member states, that is, Russia and China on October 4 had put the draft resolution presented by France, Great Britain, Germany and Portugal on Syria on hold. According to that resolution, the Damascus authorities were demanded to put an end to the application of force during the opposition's demonstrations and assumed sanctions against Syria.
Anti-governmental protests have been taking place in Syria since March 2011. The opposition demands President Bashar al-Asad's resignation. The opposition's demands are supported by the United States and European Union-member countries that have introduced a number of economic sanctions against Asad's administration.
According to the UN, 5,000 people have died as a result of civil clashes that took place in Syria over the past 9 months.
