Medvedev: No for UN against Syria

Local Editor

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has practically ruled out supporting a United Nations resolution condemning Syria, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

In an interview with the newspaper, Medvedev criticized the way Western countries had interpreted UN resolution 1973 on Libya which he said turned it into "a scrap of paper to cover up a pointless military operation."

"I would not like a Syrian resolution to be pulled off in a similar manner," he added.
Russia and fellow Security Council member China object the idea of any UN decision to Syria.

"We will be told the resolution reads "denounce violence," so some of the signatories may end up denouncing the violence by dispatching a number of bombers," Medvedev was quoted as saying.