Ecuador, Peru, Russia United In Opposing Attack On Syria

Voice of Russia
October 25, 2012

Russia, Peru and Ecuador join voices on Syria

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Quito wouldn’t support a military intrusion into Syria, whatever the pretext, saying that “military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya proved to be catastrophic” for these countries.

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Russia, Peru and Ecuador have taken a common stance on the Syrian issue.

During the visits of Peruvian and Ecuadorian delegations to Moscow, the three nations declared they saw eye to eye on an array of international issues and urged the international community to adhere to the UN Charter and the groundwork principles of international law when dealing with the Syrian crisis, which they stressed should be settled through a dialogue between the regime and the opposition.

“The principle of non-interference has been adopted and advocated by the United Nations and Peru means to keep to it in the Syrian case,” Peru’s Deputy Foreign Minister José Beraún Araníbar told the Voice of Russia. He also underlined that Peru saw political dialogue as the only viable means of peace enforcement and supported a joint UN/Arab League initiative to this effect.

Ecuadorian Deputy Foreign Minister Marco Vinicio Albuja Martínez said in his interview to the Voice of Russia that the Rafael Correa administration “respected and adhered to the principle of nations’ self-identification,” and urged letting the Syrian people find a peaceful solution to the crisis on their own.

Mr. Albuja Martínez added Quito wouldn’t support a military intrusion into Syria, whatever the pretext, saying that “military interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya proved to be catastrophic” for these countries.

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Itar-Tass
October 25, 2012

Russia hopes Brahimi’s visit to Moscow would promote Syrian settlement

UNITED NATIONS: Russia hopes that the Moscow visit by United Nations and Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi due on October 29 will promote a settlement of the Syrian conflict, Russia’s United Nations ambassador Vitaly Churkin said on Wednesday.

“We are waiting for him in Moscow early next week,” he said. “We hope that the Moscow talks will make it possible for Russia to make another contribution to the settlement of the Syrian crisis.”

He stressed that Russia “resolutely supports” Lakhdar Brahimi’s efforts in this area.

On Tuesday, a diplomatic source told Itar-Tass that the United Nations and Arab League envoy will pay a one-day working visit to Moscow on October 29.

On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council called on Syria’s conflicting parties to accept Lakhdar Brahimi’s plan and agree to a ceasefire during the holiday of Eid al-Adha marked on October 26-29. The United Nations Security Council said the lull must be used to offer help to the Syrians and called on the Syrian authorities to grant humanitarian organizations free access to the population. Lakhdar Brahimi said he hoped to use the lull in fighting to “discuss a longer and more effective ceasefire.”

Churkin expressed satisfaction over the United Nations Security Council’s statement which, in his words, is based on a draft offered by the Russian delegation on Monday.