Menteri
Luar Russia, Sergei Lavrov memberi akhbar-persidangan mengenai keadaan di Syria
di Moscow pada 26 Ogos, 2013. (Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives a
press-conference on the situation in Syria in Moscow on August 26, 2013. (RIA
Novosti/Maxim Blinov – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
MaliaJYy - Histeria sekitar serangan kimia sesuai dengan orang-orang yang mahu campur tangan ketenteraan di Syria - Lavrov. Berikutan
serangan kimia minggu lalu, Barat telah direkayasa kempen media untuk
memudahkan serangan tentera, kata Menteri Luar Rusia Sergey Lavrov.
Menteri
itu juga menimbulkan keraguan terhadap kebenaran Amerika Syarikat dan Eropah
tuntutan mengenai kejadian itu. “Pegawai Washington, London dan Paris mengatakan
mereka mempunyai bukti dipertikaikan bahawa kerajaan Syria di belakang serangan
kimia di Damsyik, tetapi mereka masih belum mengemukakan bukti ini.
Namun,
mereka terus mengatakan bahawa 'Garis Merah' telah menyeberangi, “kata Lavrov
semasa sidang akhbar kecemasan di Moscow.
“Sekarang,
kita mendengar panggilan untuk kempen ketenteraan terhadap Bashar Assad.”
Lavrov
berkata bahawa Amerika Syarikat, Britain dan negara-negara lain telah
mengumpulkan satu “kuasa yang kuat” dan “yang mempersiapkan kapal dan pesawat
mereka” untuk serangan yang mungkin.
Menteri
itu berkata bahawa pembangunan yang menetapkan DUNIA pada “jalan berbahaya” dan
memberi amaran bahawa “mengulangi senario Iraq dan Lybyan” dan membawa kuasa
luar, akan menjadi satu “kesilapan yang dahsyat yang akan membawa kepada lebih
banyak darah yang tertumpah”.
Menteri
itu terpelihara kemarahan tertentu untuk kemungkinan yang baru ditimbulkan NATO
mengadakan ‘Strike’ bagi kemudahan penyimpanan kimia tanpa mandat Pertubuhan
Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu.
Ditanya
sama ada Rusia akan menyertai dalam konflik yang berpotensi di sebelah sama
adanya, Lavrov berkata, “Kami tidak mempunyai sebarang rancangan untuk
berperang, tetapi kita berharap bahawa orang lain memikirkan kepentingan jangka
panjang.” Rabu lepas, rakaman mula muncul orang awam di dalam pinggir bandar
Damsyik mengalami apa yang kelihatan kesan daripada Gas neurotoksik.
Sebelum
ini, Barack Obama menyatakan bahawa penggunaan senjata kimia akan menjadi
‘Garis Merah’ dalam konflik itu, yang akan mempunyai “kesan yang besar” untuk
rejim Syria, walaupun Presiden Amerika Syarikat muncul lebih berhati-hati
kira-kira campur tangan mungkin dalam temu bual dalam tempoh beberapa hari yang
lalu .
Kumpulan
bantuan perubatan, Doktor tanpa Sempadan, telah melaporkan bahawa
sekurang-kurangnya 355 orang telah mati akibat kejadian itu.
Pembangkang
Syria, yang telah terlibat dalam konflik 30 bulan dengan kerajaan Bashar Assad,
berkata pasukan negeri di sebalik serangan itu. Kerajaan Syria telah menafikan
tuntutan, mengatakan bahawa penggunaan senjata kimia selepas amaran berulang
dari masyarakat antarabangsa akan “logic”.
Dalam
persidangan itu, Lavrov mempersoalkan versi pemberontak peristiwa.
"Terdapat maklumat bahawa video telah disiarkan di internet beberapa jam
sebelum serangan yang dikatakan, dan sebab-sebab lain untuk meragui naratif
pemberontak.”
“Mereka
yang terlibat dengan kejadian itu mahu sabotaj yang akan datang rundingan damai
Geneva. Mungkin itu adalah motivasi mereka yang mencipta cerita ini. Pembangkang
jelas tidak mahu berunding secara aman.”
Lavrov
berkata bahawa pasukan pakar PBB yang kini di Damsyik, menyiasat serangan ini,
“tidak mempunyai mandate” untuk menghasilkan keputusan rasmi yang
bertanggungjawab untuk melepaskan bahan kimia.
“Pakar-pakar
di Syria mempunyai mandat untuk menentukan sama ada senjata kimia telah
digunakan, dan jika ya, yang mana, tetapi tidak yang melepaskan serangan ini”
Lavrov memberitahu media berkumpul.
“PBB
keselamatan majlis akan membuat keputusan muktamad mengenai pelaku berdasarkan
keterangan ini dan semua bahan-bahan analisis dan fakta boleh didapati di
internet dan media lain.”
Walaupun
Lavrov berkata bahawa dia terus bekerja pada persidangan keamanan Geneva dengan
rakan sejawatannya dari Amerika Syarikat, John Kerry, dia menyatakan bahawa ia
kini tidak mungkin bahawa jangka ditangguhkan rundingan akan berlaku pada bulan
September.
Beliau
juga menjelaskan sebab-sebab beliau percaya pembangkang telah bersedia untuk
mengambil bahagian.
“Kenapa
pergi ke persidangan jika anda percaya bahawa infrastruktur rejim semua akan
dimusnahkan ‘anyway’ oleh sekutu-sekutu, dan kemudian anda hanya boleh berarak
ke Damsyik tanpa bersaing, dan mengambil kawalan?”
Hysteria around chemical attack suits those who
want military intervention in Syria – Lavrov
Following
last week’s chemical attack, the West has engineered a media campaign to
facilitate a military incursion, says Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The
minister also cast doubts on the veracity of US and European claims about the
incident. “Official Washington, London and Paris say they have incontrovertible
evidence that the Syrian government is behind the chemical attack in Damascus,
but they have not yet presented this evidence.
Yet,
they keep saying that the ‘red line’ has been crossed,” Lavrov said during an
emergency press conference in Moscow.
“Now,
we are hearing calls for a military campaign against Bashar Assad.”
Lavrov
said that the US, Britain and other countries have assembled a “powerful force”
and are “readying their ships and planes” for a possible invasion.
The
minister said that the development set the world on a "perilous path"
and warned that “repeating the Iraqi and Lybyan scenario” and bringing in
outside forces, would be a “terrible mistake that will lead to more blood being
spilt”.
The
minister reserved particular outrage for the newly-mooted possibility of NATO
staging a strike on chemical storage facilities without a United Nations
mandate.
Asked
if Russia was going to join in the potential conflict on either side, Lavrov
said “We have no plans to go to war, but we hope that others think of long-term
interests.” Last Wednesday, footage began to emerge of civilians in a Damascus
suburb suffering from what appeared to be the effects of a neurotoxic gas.
Previously,
Barack Obama stated that use of chemical weapons would be a ‘red line’ in the
conflict, which would have “enormous consequences” for the Syrian regime,
though the US president appeared more cautious about possible intervention in
interviews over the past few days.
Medical
aid group, Doctors without Borders, have reported that at least 355 people have
died as a result of the incident.
The
Syrian opposition, which has been involved in the 30-month conflict with the
government of Bashar Assad, said state forces had been behind the attack. The
Syrian government has denied the claims, saying that the use of chemical
weapons after repeated warnings from the international community would be
“illogical”.
In
his conference, Lavrov questioned the rebel version of events. “There is
information that videos were posted on the internet hours before the purported
attack, and other reasons to doubt the rebel narrative.”
“Those
involved with the incident wanted to sabotage the upcoming Geneva peace talks.
Maybe that was the motivation of those who created this story. The opposition
obviously does not want to negotiate peacefully.”
Lavrov
also said that the UN expert team that is currently in Damascus, investigating
the attack, “does not have the mandate” to produce an official ruling on who
was responsible for the chemical release.
“The
experts in Syria have the mandate to determine if chemical weapons were used,
and if so, which ones, but not who unleashed this attack” Lavrov told the
gathered media.
“The
UN security council will make the final decision about the perpetrator based on
this evidence and all the analytical and factual materials available on the
internet and in other media.”
While
Lavrov said that he is continuing to work on the Geneva peace conference with
his US counterpart John Kerry, he stated that it was now unlikely that the
long-postponed talks would take place in September.
He
also explained the reasons he believes the opposition has been unwilling to
participate.
“Why
go to a conference if you believe that the regime’s infrastructure will all be
destroyed anyway by allies, and then you can just march into Damascus
unopposed, and take control?”
