Monday 23 September 2013

Moscow Gesa Sekutu tentera CSTO utk menyokong penyelesaian Syria

Menteri Luar Rusia Sergei Lavrov mengambil bahagian dalam mesyuarat kumpulan keselamatan serantau, Keselamatan Pertubuhan Perjanjian Kolektif (CSTO), di resort Laut Hitam Rusia Sochi, pada 23 September 2013. (AFP Photo/Mikhail Mordasov – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)

MADAyuMadyan - Moscow menggesa sekutu tentera CSTO untuk menyokong penyelesaian Syria. Sergey Lavrov telah memberitahu satu persidangan CSTO Menteri Luar bahawa kegagalan untuk menyelesaikan krisis Syria akan mempunyai kesan negatif bukan sahaja kepada keadaan keselamatan di rantau ini, tetapi bagi keseluruhan sistem undang-undang antarabangsa .

Menteri Luar Rusia berkata demikian pada pembukaan sesi Keselamatan Pertubuhan Perjanjian Kolektif - blok Rusia yang dipimpin menyatukan 6 negara-negara jiran: Armenia , Belarus , Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan dan Rusia.

Pada 2014 berputar blok Presiden yang akan diambil oleh Rusia, dan kerana itu Lavrov taklimat rakan-rakannya mengenai isu-isu keutamaan semasa dalam hubungan antarabangsa.

“Kami bimbang dengan keadaan di Syria dan bukan sahaja kerana kesan negatif yang mungkin untuk rantau ini secara keseluruhannya, tetapi juga kerana kesan negatif kepada keseluruhan sistem undang-undang antarabangsa . Anda tahu tentang keperluan untuk segera menyelesaikan masalah memulakan dialog, dan tentang isu senjata kimia. Saya fikir, hari ini kita boleh menyokong usaha masyarakat antarabangsa di Syria,” kata Sergey Lavrov dalam ucapan perasmian beliau.

Pada 14 September Menteri Luar Rusia bersama-sama dengan Amerika Syarikat Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri John Kerry diselaraskan rancangan untuk mendapatkan senjata kimia Syria pada pertengahan 2014, berikutan cadangan daripada Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin. Walau bagaimanapun, perbezaan di antara Rusia dan Amerika Syarikat masih kekal - Moscow menegaskan bahawa apa-apa perbezaan dan pertikaian diselesaikan melalui perundingan dengan Majlis Keselamatan PBB, manakala Amerika Syarikat menunjukkan bahawa mana-mana pelanggaran yang disyaki diuruskan oleh kuasa tentera.

Di samping itu, Menteri Rusia sekali lagi memberi amaran kepada rakan-rakannya tentang gangguan yang mungkin keadaan tentera -politik di rantau Asia Tengah yang berkaitan dengan pengeluaran yang dirancang kuasa gabungan dari Afghanistan.

Afghanistan telah status pemerhati dengan CSTO dan ahli Tajikistan bersempadan dengan negara ini.

Para peserta sesi kemudiannya membincangkan rancangan kerjasama ketenteraan antara negara-negara CSTO sehingga 2020 serta penempatan pasukan pengaman PBB dari blok dan membentuk sistem keselamatan kolektif.

Moscow urges military allies CSTO to support Syria settlement

Sergey Lavrov has told a conference of CSTO Foreign Ministers that the failure to solve the Syrian crisis would have negative consequences not only for security situation in the region, but for the whole system of international law.

The Russian Foreign Minister was speaking at the opening of the session of Collective Security Treaty Organization – the Russia-led bloc uniting six neighboring countries: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Russia.

In 2014 the rotating presidency of the bloc will be taken by Russia, and because of that Lavrov briefed his colleagues on current priority issues in international relations.

“We are concerned with the situation in Syria and not only because of possible negative consequences to the region as a whole, but also because of the negative consequences to the whole system of international law. You know about the necessity to quickly solve the problem of starting the dialogue, and about the chemical weapons issue. I think, today we can support the international community’s efforts on Syria,” Sergey Lavrov said in his opening speech.

On September 14 the Russian Foreign Minister together with the US State Secretary John Kerry coordinated a plan to secure Syrian chemical weapons by mid-2014, following a suggestion from Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, the differences between Russia and US still remain – Moscow insists that any discrepancies and disputes are solved through consultation with the UN Security Council, while the United States suggests that any suspected violations are dealt with by military force.

In addition, the Russian minister again warned his colleagues about possible aggravation of the military-political situation in the Central Asian region in connection with the planned withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan.

Afghanistan has observer status with the CSTO and member Tajikistan borders this country.

The participants of the session then went on to discuss the plan of military cooperation between the CSTO nations up to 2020 as well as deployment of peacekeeping forces from the bloc and forming a collective security system.


LinkWithin