BRICS Nations: Foreign Intervention In Syria To Harm Global Economy

Interfax
September 5, 2013

BRICS countries believe outside interference in situation in Syria will negatively impact global economy – Peskov

STRELNA: The leaders of the BRICS countries said at a meeting before the G20 summit in St. Petersburg that outside interference in the situation in Syria is a factor negatively impacting the global economy.

“It was said during BRICS dialogue that the consequences of eventual outside interference in the Syrian affairs may undoubtedly be among the factors that may negatively impact global economy,” Russian presidential press officer Dmitry Peskov told a briefing at the summit.

“Such consequences may have an extremely negative influence on global economy,” he said.

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Itar-Tass
September 5, 2013

Russia says combat operations against sovereign state without UN sanction is aggression

MOSCOW: Combat operations against a sovereign state launched without a United Nations Security Council sanction will be considered as an act of aggression, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told journalists on Thursday.

“I would like to cite our president who said that the sole body authorized to take a decision to use force against a sovereign state is the United Nations Security Council,” he said. “Vladimir Putin put it absolutely straight that any other actions against a sovereign state sanctioned by any parliament or a congress should and will be considered as aggression.”

He said that meeting with US and Israeli defense attaches he had warned them against further fanning tensions in the Mediterranean Sea. “On behalf of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, I asked them to call on the US and Israeli defense officials to show restraint and prudence not to drive the situation to extremity,” Antonov noted. “Our common task is to preserve peace and stability in this region, to do our best not to let the situation become critical.”