Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that any attempts to
overthrow the government in Syria could lead to a failed state like Iraq
or Libya. Putin’s comments on Sunday come as the world’s leaders meet
at the United Nations General Assembly in New York . Read more from
Aljazeera:
Speaking on the US network CBS, Putin said that “Syrians
and only Syrians” should be able to decide the fate of their
country. “There’s no other solution to the Syrian crisis other than
strengthening the effective government structures and rendering them
help in fighting terrorism, but at the same time urging them to engage
in positive dialogue with the rational opposition and conduct reform,”
Putin said.
Asked whether the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad should be forced
to go first, Putin said: “It’s only the Syrian people who are entitled
to decide who should govern their country, and how.”
Al Jazeera’s James Bays, reporting from the UN, said there was no
consensus between Western countries and Russia on how to proceed with
the Syrian conflict and “there’s certainly a debate on which enemy to
fight first”. Bays said EU and US leaders were also divided on what role
Assad, a close ally of Putin, would play after any future settlement.
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