Security Council statement and the changing of the picture regarding Syria

The statement of the Security Council and the changing of the picture
by Wassim Raad – 27 March, 2012 – Voltairenet.org

The Security Council statement in regard to the situation in Syria constituted a decisive turning point in international balances and at the level of the American and Western position towards the events in Syria.

For the first time since the invasion of Iraq, the United States succumbed to the principle of partnership inside the Security Council and recognized the decisive role enjoyed by Russia and China at the level of drafting the UN options. It is also the first time since that date that the Security Council adopts a statement directly featuring the Russian viewpoint.

The statement clearly toppled all the principles which for many years were perceived as being constant and could be recanted at the level of the American and Western positions towards Syria, especially the point featured in the draft resolution drawn up by Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey and France with American support and was blocked by the double Chinese-Russian veto. Indeed, the statement blatantly recognized that any solution in Syria should be the object of understanding with the Syrian government and especially with President Bashar al-Assad, far away from the calls made on him to step down and the attempts to bypass the Syrian national state and it sovereign rights.

This development is not only the result of Russia’s and China’s positions but is primarily the outcome of Syria’s steadfastness in the face of the world war and the support and loyalty shown by the overwhelming majority of the Syrian people towards President Al-Assad and his reformatory program, amidst an American-Western-Turkish recognition of the Syrian army’s cohesion and the escalating collapse and divisions within the ranks of the armed gangs and the opposition political front.

The war on Syria has moved toward a new political stage with a main framework revolving around negotiations between the Syrian national state and UN Envoy Kofi Annan who is carrying conditions that can be the object of compromise but reflect an attempt by the West, its aides and agents to achieve the minimum level of gains following the defeat.

There are attempts to sustain the Gulf and Turkish escalatory positions in order to exert pressures on the negotiations between Syria and the UN envoy on the threshold of the April 1 meeting in Istanbul. In this context, numerous rumors are being spread via the international press about the possible activation of corridor projects across the Turkish border, which is a possibility that was completely thwarted by the Syrian troops – according to the American and French reports – after they gained full control over a 20-kilometer deep strip off the Turkish border, which means that any Turkish action will trigger war with Syria. …more