Askar
tentera Syria dilihat dikerahkan dalam kejiranan Jobar Damsyik pada 24 Ogos
2013 (Syrian army soldiers are seen deployed in the Jobar neighbourhood of
Damascus on August 24, 2013. (AFP Photo – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
MADAyuMadyan – (RT. Published Ogos 27, 2013) Rusia 'kesal' keputusan Amerika Syarikat untuk
menangguhkan rundingan Syria. Moscow telah menyuarakan "kekesalannya"
atas keputusan Amerika Syarikat untuk menangguhkan perbincangan 2 hala ke atas
Syria.
Rusia telah berusaha untuk menenangkan panggilan untuk tindakan ketenteraan
ke atas penggunaan yang dikatakan senjata kimia, berkata tidak ada bukti
penglibatan rejim Assad.
Kerajaan
Amerika Syarikat mengumumkan bahawa ia telah menangguhkan perbincangan dua hala
dengan Rusia lewat Isnin, memetik “Rundingan berterusan” ke atas penggunaan
yang didakwa kerajaan Syria terhadap senjata kimia.
Pegawai-pegawai
Rusia dan Amerika telah dijadualkan untuk bertemu di The Hague pada hari Rabu
untuk perbincangan dua hala mengenai konflik Syria.
Rusia
Timbalan Menteri Luar Gennady Gatilov menulis sebarang tweet tindak balas
kepada langkah pagi Selasa, menyatakan kebimbangan mengenai keputusan
Washington.
“Adalah
malangnya ianya bahawa rakan-rakan barat kami telah membuat keputusan untuk
membatalkan mesyuarat 2 hala Amerika Syarikat -Rusia untuk membincangkan
panggilan untuk satu persidangan antarabangsa di Syria," Gatilov wrote on
Twitter. Beliau berkata dalam post kemudiannya segi membincangkan penyelesaian
politik diperlukan sekarang, lebih daripada biasa dalam menghadapi campur
tangan tentera mungkin di Syria.
Russia
‘regrets’ US decision to shelve Syria talks. Moscow has voiced “regret” over a
US decision to put off bilateral talks over Syria. Russia has sought to placate
calls for military action over the alleged use of chemical weapons, saying
there is no evidence of the Assad regime’s complicity.
The
US government announced it was postponing bilateral talks with Russia late
Monday, citing “ongoing consultations” over the Syrian government’s alleged use
of chemical weapons.
Russian
and American officials had been scheduled to meet in The Hague on Wednesday for
bilateral talks on the Syrian conflict.
Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov tweeted a response to the move Tuesday
morning, expressing concern over Washington’s decision.
“It
is a pity that our western partners have decided to cancel the bilateral
US-Russian meeting to discuss calls for an international conference on Syria,”
Gatilov wrote on Twitter. He added in a later post that discussing terms for a
political solution were needed now more than ever in the face of possible
military intervention in Syria.
Timbalan
Menteri Luar Gennady Gatilov (Deputy
Minister of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov (RIA Novosti/Vladimir Fedorenko - think
IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
Pengerusi
Jawatankuasa Luar Negeri Duma Rusia, Aleksey Pushkov turut dimuatkan di dalam
Twitter beliau, mendakwa Amerika Syarikat telah membuat keputusan untuk
menyerang Syria dan mereka telah pergi terlalu jauh.
Beberapa
negara-negara barat termasuk Perancis, Amerika Syarikat dan United Kingdom
telah mengutuk kerajaan Presiden Bashar Assad, kerana dakwaan serangan senjata
kimia minggu lalu di pinggir bandar Damsyik dan meminta jawapan, membayangkan
pada tindakan ketenteraan mungkin. Pada Isnin, Presiden Rusia Vladimir Putin
kepada British Perdana Menteri David Cameron dalam satu perbualan telefon
bahawa masih tidak ada bukti kerajaan Assad di belakang serangan.
Walau
bagaimanapun, Cameron menegaskan bahawa kuasa-kuasa Assad, di belakang itu “Senjata
kimia” serangan, mengatakan bahawa pembangkang Syria tidak mempunyai kemudahan
untuk mengatur serangan itu. Cameron juga dinamakan kelewatan kerajaan Syria
dalam membolehkan satu pasukan pakar-pakar PBB untuk memeriksa tapak itu
sebagai suatu petunjuk bahawa ia mempunyai sesuatu yang hendak disembunyikan.
Washington
juga telah melihat peningkatan dalam retorik, menggesa tindakan terhadap
kerajaan Assad. Samantha Power, Duta Amerika Syarikat ke PBB, mengecam kerajaan
Assad untuk serangannya ke atas akaun Twitter beliau, dan menuntut
kebertanggungjawaban.
Sementara
itu, pemeriksa senjata PBB adalah disebabkan untuk memulakan hari yang ke-2
siasatan di pinggir bandar Damsyik Ghouta, di mana serangan toksik yang berlaku
Rabu lalu. Konvoi pasukan kenderaan dikritik dari penyerang yang tidak dikenali
hari ini apabila mereka melawat kawasan itu.
Di
sebalik serangan sniper, pasukan itu berjaya mengumpul sampel untuk analisis
dan mengumpul keterangan saksi di sebuah hospital tempatan. Bertentangan dengan
tuntutan dari Amerika Syarikat dan UK bahawa siasatan itu terlalu lewat untuk
menghasilkan keputusan yang tepat, PBB menekankan misi itu masih sah, walaupun
hampir seminggu telah berlalu sejak serangan sepatutnya.
Serangan
yang didakwa berlaku pada Rabu lepas di pinggir bandar timur ibu kota Syria.
Media yang menerbitkan laporan yang bercanggah mengenai jumlah kematian,
daripada “Berpuluh-puluh” kepada lebih 1,300 orang yang mati. French amal
Medecins sans Frontieres (Doktor tanpa Sempadan) meletakkan jumlah kematian hanya
kira-kira 355.
Foreign
Affairs Committee chairman of the Russian Duma, Aleksey Pushkov also posted on
his Twitter, alleging the US had already made the decision to strike Syria and
they had gone too far.
A
number of western countries including France, the US and the UK have condemned
President Bashar Assad’s government for last week’s alleged chemical weapons
attack in a Damascus suburb and called for a response, hinting at possible
military action. On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told British Prime
Minster David Cameron in a phone conversation that there was still no evidence
the Assad government was behind the attack.
However,
Cameron insisted that Assad’s forces were behind the “chemical weapons” attack,
saying that the Syrian opposition did not have the facilities to orchestrate
such an attack. Cameron also cited the Syrian government’s delay in allowing a
team of UN experts to examine the site as an indication that it had something
to hide.
Washington
has also seen an increase in rhetoric, urging action against the Assad
government. Samantha Power, the US Ambassador to the UN, decried the Assad
government for the attack on her Twitter account, and demanded accountability.
Meanwhile,
the UN weapons inspectors are due to start their second day of investigations
in the Damascus suburb of Ghouta, where the toxic attack happened last
Wednesday. The team’s convoy of vehicles came under fire from unknown
assailants Monday as they visited the area.
In
spite of the sniper attack, the team managed to collect samples for analysis
and gather witness testimonies at a local hospital. Contradicting claims from
the US and UK that the probe was too late to yield accurate results, the UN
stressed the mission was still valid, although almost a week has passed since
the supposed attack.
The
alleged attack took place last Wednesday in an eastern suburb of Syria’s
capital. Media published conflicting reports on the death toll, ranging from
“dozens” to over 1,300 dead. French charity Medecins sans Frontieres (Doctors
without Borders) put the death toll at about 355.