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Russia continues to supply Assad regime
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13/07/2012
Russia announced on Wednesday that it will fulfill its contract to deliver air defence systems to Syria and has no plans to impose an arms embargo on Damascus despite growing pressure from the
international community. The announcement comes at a sensitive point of the Syrian crisis, with the U.N. today recognizing that the conflict has degenerated into a civil war.
Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow near London, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Technical Cooperation Chief for the Russian military, confirmed that deliveries of the air defence systems had already been made.
"Russia has obligations to Syria relating to old contracts - contracts that were signed in 2008 and were later followed by new ones on air defence systems. Therefore, one cannot possibly speak of us imposing an arms of military technology embargo on Syria.”
Dzirkaln also confirmed that Russia was in the process of delivering three attack helicopters to Syria, though he suggested that the helicopters “were of an exclusively defensive nature.”
Russia sent a cargo ship carrying attack helicopters to Syria last month, though the vessel was forced to turn back after the mission was exposed by the U.S. State department and the ship’s British insurer cancelled its cover.
Russia’s announcement sparked a new diplomatic crisis, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning Moscow that the delivery of the aircraft would “escalate the conflict quite dramatically.”
"We have confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to Syria. They have said that we shouldn't worry, everything they're shipping is unrelated to [Syrian] actions internally. That's patently untrue," Clinton noted.
The announcement also represents a fresh blow to the Annan Plan, the only scheme yet to be proposed for ending the conflict. Kofi Annan, U.N. Envoy to Syria, had asked governments to halt arms transfers to Syria so as to prevent the crisis escalating further.
Speaking at the Farnborough Airshow near London, Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, Technical Cooperation Chief for the Russian military, confirmed that deliveries of the air defence systems had already been made.
"Russia has obligations to Syria relating to old contracts - contracts that were signed in 2008 and were later followed by new ones on air defence systems. Therefore, one cannot possibly speak of us imposing an arms of military technology embargo on Syria.”
Dzirkaln also confirmed that Russia was in the process of delivering three attack helicopters to Syria, though he suggested that the helicopters “were of an exclusively defensive nature.”
Russia sent a cargo ship carrying attack helicopters to Syria last month, though the vessel was forced to turn back after the mission was exposed by the U.S. State department and the ship’s British insurer cancelled its cover.
Russia’s announcement sparked a new diplomatic crisis, with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warning Moscow that the delivery of the aircraft would “escalate the conflict quite dramatically.”
"We have confronted the Russians about stopping their continued arms shipments to Syria. They have said that we shouldn't worry, everything they're shipping is unrelated to [Syrian] actions internally. That's patently untrue," Clinton noted.
The announcement also represents a fresh blow to the Annan Plan, the only scheme yet to be proposed for ending the conflict. Kofi Annan, U.N. Envoy to Syria, had asked governments to halt arms transfers to Syria so as to prevent the crisis escalating further.
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