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UNSC may agree measures on Syria - Russia's UN ambassador



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UNSC may agree measures on Syria - Russia's UN ambassador


http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/09/29/56910366.html
Sep 29, 2011 09:58 Moscow Time

The United Nations Security Council may agree a draft resolution aimed at stopping violence in Syria, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin told reporters in New York.

He was speaking after a two-hour debate at the council on two draft resolutions, one submitted by Russia, the other by a group of European countries. The main aim is to stop violence and launch a political process that would lead to reforms and to a situation that would suit the Syrian people, the diplomat said.

Earlier, France’s ambassador to the UN Gerard Araud said that a draft resolution on Syria may be finalized on Friday. Damascus welcomed the Russian-proposed draft that does not stipulate sanctions against Syria.

Commenting on the issue, Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jafari said that any proposals that could counterbalance the European and American positions deserved approval.

(RIAN)



EU, Russia inch towards compromised draft text in UNSC on Syria Politics  

http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2193310&Language=en


9/29/2011 9:34:00 AM  







UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29 (KUNA) -- Security Council European countries and Russia late Wednesday said they are inching towards a compromised draft resolution that would condemn the continued violence in Syria, with both parties hopeful the gaps between their rival texts will be soon bridged and a vote would possibly take place on Friday.
The Council met late Wednesday to examine two competing draft resolutions from UK, France, Germany and Portugal on one hand, and another one from Russia.
The EU draft resolution circulated late Tuesday, contrary to an earlier version circulated last August and stalled for months because of a Russian threat to veto it, does not call for any sanctions.
It "strongly condemns" the continued systematic human rights violations in Syria, demand an "immediate end to all violence," call for an inclusive Syrian-led political process and for political reforms.
It would request the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the resolution within 15 days from its adoption, and express its "determination to adopt targeted measures, including sanctions." in the event the report states that Syria has not complied.
The rival Russian draft, void of any sanctions, would also condemn the violence in Syria, but in the draft's preambular part, call for an inclusive-led political process, urge "tangible progress" in implementing the promised reforms, allow international monitors and media to enter the country, release all political prisoners, and reaffirm the need to resolve the crisis "peacefully, ruling out any military intervention from outside." Experts in the Council are expected to merge the two drafts and come up with a compromised text that would be acceptable to both parties. They are scheduled to hold an informal meeting later today Thursday.
Asked how he felt about the EU draft, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters after the Council closed-door session "It will depend on how serious they (EU co-sponsors) are going to be in an effort to produce something that we can rally around. I think it can be done, but there are still certain things that if they are still there, will make it impossible for us to go along with," in reference to the threat of sanctions.
Asked how soon the vote would take place, he said "as soon as we have a good resolution, It is important to work fast, but it is also important not to make mistakes and to calibrate the message that the Council will be sending" to Damascus.
Portuguese Ambassador told reporters "I think we are getting closer to an agreement." A European diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the 15 Council members are "closer together. there were some constructive comments as we tried to bridge the gaps" between the two sides.
"We're taking on board the European text a number of elements from the Russian text. There was certainly nothing that was insurmountable," he stressed.
However, he added, "we'll try to keep the sanctions' threat in. We're not taking it away. We're trying to find a way to meet their concerns, but we have no intention to drop it altogether. We're finding a way of sending a more unified message, so that the message is heard more clearly in Damascus." Another European diplomat also said "the new compromised draft will take into account what was raised by the delegations (Russian and Chinese) and will try to accommodate them as much as possible, while keeping at the same time the core European elements." (end) sj.asa KUNA 290934 Sep 11NNNN


PRESS RELEASE

Deputy Foreign Minister Vladimir Titov’s Conversations in Berlin

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Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Vladimir Titov met in Berlin with the German Chancellor’s foreign policy adviser, Christoph Heusgen, and also held consultations with Werner Hoyer, Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office, and State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office Emily Haber on September 27.

A range of practical matters relating to bilateral cooperation in the light of the agreements reached at the end of the Summit-level Interstate Consultations (Hannover, July 18-19, 2011) was discussed. The parties clarified the schedule of political contacts for the near term, as well as the progress of preparation and the holding of the cross-cultural years of Russia in Germany and Germany in Russia in 2012-2013.

They substantively examined topical international issues, including pan-European security and Russia-EU and Russia-NATO cooperation, and the situation in different regions of the world.

September 28, 2011


Poland and Russia differ on Smolensk disaster autopsy findings


http://www.thenews.pl/1/9/Artykul/55973,Poland-and-Russia-differ-on-Smolensk-disaster-autopsy-findings
29.09.2011 10:35

Initial findings by Polish medics indicate that the Russian autopsy on Polish MP Zbigniew Wassermann, one of the victims of the 2010 Smolensk disaster, was only 7 to 10 percent correct in its analysis.

The news threatens to undermine the entire series of autopsies carried out in Russia in the wake of the plane crash which killed President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in western Russia last year.

Zbigniew Wassermann, an MP for the Law and Justice party, was exhumed in August at the request of his family and approved by Poland's Chief Military Prosecutor's Office.

As was clarified at the time, the action was not taken owing to doubts over the identity of the buried man, but rather over the details of the autopsy.

Wassermann's remains were taken from Krakow to Wroclaw, south west Poland, where a second autopsy was conducted by the city's Medical Academy.

Russian and Polish findings appear to tally only on the most basic matters, such as the height of the victim and the main external injuries.

However, Polish medics claim that there are faults in such questions as the number and location of fractures. Furthermore, the Wroclaw specialists say that some organs were not even analysed by the Russian medics.

Meanwhile, Jerzy Kawecki deputy leader of the team that led the Polish autopsy, told RMF FM Radio that it is necessary “to wait until all the results of the tests have been provided for consultative discussions.”

The report will now be sent to the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office, which approved the Wassermann family's initial request for an exhumation. (nh/pg)



Russian military power worries Nordic region

http://www.helsinkitimes.fi/htimes/finland-in-the-world-press/16825-russian-military-power-worries-nordic-region.html

Thursday, 29 September 2011 10:37

“A rise in Russia’s military operations in the Baltic Sea region is cause for concern among Baltic states Finland, Sweden and Poland, Estonia’s military chief said.

‘Russia has significantly increased its military presence in the western region (Baltic) and has created a new west strategic command that is – to believe its own military head – much more powerful than was the Leningrad military district,’ General Ants Laaneots, head of Estonia’s defence forces, said in an interview on Estonia’s public ETV website Friday.

‘This is causing worries in Finland, Sweden, Baltic State and Poland,’ Laaneots said.

Ex-communist Poland became a Nato member in 1999 while the three ex-Soviet Baltic states joined in 2004. Neutral Finland and Sweden remain outside the Western military alliance...”

THE SWEDISH WIRE 25 September


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