Putin: "“I would turn to Obama as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and say: Before you use force in Syria, think about the future victims,”

Putin: "“I would turn to Obama as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and say: Before you use force in Syria, think about the future victims,”HT: EAWorldView.

Russia continues to try to persuade the U.S. to avoid a military strike on Syria. President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that he wanted to remind his U.S. counterpart, President Barack Obama, that he was a recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize.

 “I would turn to Obama as a Nobel Peace Prize winner and say: Before you use force in Syria, think about the future victims,” Putin said, according to the Interfax news agency. 

Putin added: “Russia’s calls for [Obama] to give it some thought, before taking a decision to carry out an operation in Syria.” The Russian President added that accusations that the Syrian Government used chemical weapons were “utter nonsense”. 
Putin also called on international partners, including the U.S., to consider the Syria crisis at the G20 Summit in St. Petersburg on on September 5-6. “In the near future, we’ll be holding a meeting in St. Petersburg. I hope that the American President will be among the participants. It goes without saying that in such a broad meeting, we will have the chance to also discuss the Syrian issue,” Putin said, adding that only the UN Security Council could take decisions about the use of force. “But the G20 Summit is a good forum for talking about problems. Well, why not use it?” he concluded.