Syria praises "non colonizers"

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Syrian government envoy praises China, Russia as "non*
colonizers"
Reuters – 1 hr 4 mins ago
BEIJING (Reuters) * A Syrian government envoy praised China and Russia on their stance towards the bloody conflict
engulfing her country in an interview published on Thursday during a visit to Beijing that she said would give officials a "real
picture" of the crisis.
Envoy Bouthaina Shaaban's interview with the state*run China Daily was the first public comment from her trip to Beijing,
where she arrived on Tuesday, and she sought to cast China as a steadfast friend of President Bashar al*Assad's government,
which is beset by a civil war with opposition forces.
"We're happy to see countries like China and Russia, who are not colonizers or deal with people as colonizers," Shaaban told
the English*language newspaper, adding that this is "a very different stance from the West".
She said her visit would give "the Chinese leadership a real picture of what's going on in Syria".
In a separate interview with the popular Chinese*language tabloid the Global Times, Shaaban said she hoped Syria's friends
in Russia, Iran and China could "help find a solution" to the crisis.
She also dismissed comments by former Syrian Prime Minister Riyad Hijab, who has fled to Jordan, that Assad only controls
30 percent of the country and his power is crumbling.
"What Hijab said was lies. He knows that very well," Shaaban said.
"Anyone who does not have faith in the Syrian authorities or system can leave. But the number of defectors has been
obviously exaggerated."
Shaaban, an adviser to Assad, was due to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi later on Thursday, said the report.
China has so far not disclosed what its officials have told the envoy.
On Wednesday, the official People's Daily said China hoped the talks with the envoy and a proposed visit by opposition
representatives would help rekindle hopes for a brokered solution to the violence in Syria.
But Chinese media commentary has also underscored the extent to which Beijing remains resistant to Western proposals for
more forceful steps in Syria, where the tide turns steadily against Assad.
Opposition sources say at least 18,000 people have been killed since rebels began fighting to oust Assad in March 2011.
Apart from Iran, China and Russia have been Syria's main supporters outside the Arab world. Both vetoed proposed U.N.
Security Council resolutions intended to put Assad under more pressure.
Though the former U.N. Secretary*General Kofi Annan quit in frustration as the international peace envoy for Syria early this
month, China has continued to argue that his proposals offer the most viable way out of the increasingly bloody war.
(Reporting by Chris Buckley and Ben Blanchard; Editing by Daniel Magnowski)

Syrian government envoy praises China, Russia as "non-colonizers" - Yahoo! News

 

[NovelThug]

Syria has terrorists in its country that have been put there by the US, UK, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey. The only reason these countries are trying to topple Assad and the Syrian people is because of their support for the Palestinians who are being murdered by Israeli's who are stealing their land.

Russia, China, and Iran are on the right side of history by supporting the Syrian people against these terrorists.

 

[88m3]

Russia, China, and Iran are on the wrong side of history by supporting the Syrian people against these terrorists.

You've got that right

 

[the next guy]

Russia colonized half of eastern europe. How can they be this stupid.

 

[Jatt]

This Civil war is far from Black and white.

 

[88m3]

Russia colonized half of eastern europe. How can they be this stupid.

Afghanistan rings a bell as well...

 

[the next guy]

Afghanistan rings a bell as well...

I didn't want to say anything because if you have to choose between extreme Islam and communism its communism every single time. The soviet to their credit tried to educate the women of a-stan, something the Taliban never cared for among other things.

 

[thekingsmen]

Russia colonized half of eastern europe. How can they be this stupid.

I think they are speaking about colonizers of Syria or any country in the 21st Century.

 

[the next guy]

I think they are speaking about colonizers of Syria or any country in the 21st Century.

fair enough.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

so is it safe to say that the second Cold War is underway???

 

[88m3]

I think they are speaking about colonizers of Syria or any country in the 21st Century.

 

[thekingsmen]

French Empire Fan 88?

 

[tru_m.a.c]

so is it safe to say that the second Cold War is underway???

Yep, yes we are

 

[blackzeus]

Syria has terrorists in its country that have been put there by the US, UK, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Turkey. The only reason these countries are trying to topple Assad and the Syrian people is because of their support for the Palestinians who are being murdered by Israeli's who are stealing their land.

Russia, China, and Iran are on the right side of history by supporting the Syrian people against these terrorists.

Russia colonized half of eastern europe. How can they be this stupid.

As opposed to USA in South America and the UK in Southeast Asia?

 

[ADevilYouKhow]

As opposed to USA in South America and the UK in Southeast Asia?

Ironically Russia was a player in the colonization and subjugation of China.

I think China ethnically cleansed its minorities too over the centuries...as well as took land from their weaker neighbors.