US & West Unwilling to Pressure Turkey into Allowing Kurds inclusion in Syria Talks: Vitaly Churkin. (RT).
Speaking to Izvestiya daily Vitaly Churkin, Russia's
Permanent Envoy to UNSC, stressed that Kurd's participation in Geneva
talks is necessary for the peace process in Syria. He expressed concern
that Western countries are unwilling to pressure Turkey to put aside
sabotaging Kurds inclusion in the talks, while Kurds are one of the most
important elements of resistance to terrorism in Syria.
"Turkey opposed, absolutely irrationally, the participation
of the Syrian Kurds in the talks. This way it is only prompting them
towards ‘separatist sentiments.’ And this is what Ankara fears,” Churkin
said.
“Regrettably, developments around our draft statement demonstrate
that the United States and other Western members of the United Nations
Security Council do not want to influence Ankara’s position. It is
regrettable as it is in no way promoting the talks".
Churkin also expressed skepticism about potential
unilateral plans some members of the Security Council might decide in
combating the rise of lawlessness and the influence of ISIS in Libya,
where NATO led intervention helped to oust the country’s long-time
leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
Calling, the Libyan fiasco a “very painful” experience,
Churkin said that while countries are united in their effort to restore
Libya’s unity and territorial integrity, “our Western partners seem to
be stopping short of telling the whole truth, which gives an impression
that they may have a secret agenda in Libya.”
"There have been media reports that
the Americans delivered airstrikes at ISIS targets in Libya. Newspapers
say British special forces are present there. We are warning our
Western partners that unilateral actions will bring about no good,” the
envoy said, adding that solving problems in a failed state requires
efforts of the international community coordinated through the UN
Security Council
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