Syria ought to move quicker to implement on transformation: China says
Published by Julia Volkovah under President Bashar al-Assad, UN Security Council, veto power on 4:40 AMChina advised to Syria Tuesday to shift forward to act upon transformations, a week after Beijing furious the West by blocking a UN resolution against President Bashar al-Assad's lethal raid on demonstrators.
For the first time that China has bent away from its venerable policy of non-intrusion in the matters of Syria, which has been astound by government’s oppose agitations and violence since previous this year.
"We feel that the Syrian government should go quicker to respect its reform vows and speedily begin to drive forward the wide ranging political process with the larger contribution of all parties in Syria," foreign ministry spokesman Liu Weimin told newsmen.
His remarks come as Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin tours Beijing.
Both China and Russia, veto-exerting enduring members of the UN Security Council, blocked the UN resolution last week, illustrating stable condemnation from the America and Britain.
But on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow and Beijing were prepared to offer a fresh UN resolution on Syria that would criticize aggression carried out both by Assad's government and the rival forces.
Liu said the newly draft resolution against Syria "endangered to use sanctions".
"We think this is not helpful to constancy in Syria," he added.
Liu said China expected the UN Security Council would "alleviate the stress in Syria and assist encourage political discussions", as Syrian opposition parties step up their attempts to oust the besieged Assad.
"All political forces in Syria should energetically participate in the procedure of political reforms," he said.
Washington has transformed calls for Assad to quit instantly amongst growing violence against anti-government demonstrations that the United Nations says has left almost 3,000 people casualties.
On Monday, the head of the opposition Syrian National Council informed that Assad could undergo the destiny of other "criminals" if his government knockout.
"If Assad quits without admitting his faults, his destiny will be the same as those of any other criminal," Burhan Ghalioun told the private Lebanese television network LBCI from Paris.
Syrian rebels set the national council in Istanbul on August 23 to organize the movement to collapse Assad, and officially established a common front joining all groups that oppose his regime last week.
On Monday the European Union greeted the formation of the grouping and recommends the world to do the same, as it prepared new sanctions against Assad's rule.