シリアでの戦闘停止巡り 米ロが対立 NHKニュース
シリア情勢を巡っては、過激派組織ＩＳ＝イスラミックステートなどへの攻撃を除いたシリアでの戦闘停止を早期に実現することを目指す方針で関係国が合意しました。
これについて、「ミュンヘン安全保障会議」で１３日、各国の首脳や閣僚が発言し、アメリカのケリー国務長官は、「ロシアは空爆の標的を変える必要がある」と述べ、シリアでの戦闘停止を実現するためには反政府勢力を狙ったロシアの空爆作戦の変更が必要だと対応を迫りました。
一方、ロシアのメドベージェフ首相は、空爆はあくまでテロリストが標的だと主張し、両国の立場の違いが改めて浮き彫りとなりました。
シリアでは戦闘停止を目指すことで関係国が合意したあとも、ロシアが北部のアレッポ県などで空爆を続けていて、早期の戦闘停止の実現は見通しが立たない状況です。
ドイツで開かれている「ミュンヘン安全保障会議」に出席しているロシアのメドベージェフ首相は１３日、「ＮＡＴＯ＝北大西洋条約機構は毎日のように、ロシアが最大の脅威だと訴えている。ＮＡＴＯの対ロシア政策は非友好的で閉鎖的なままだ」と非難しました。
そして、アメリカとソビエトが核戦争勃発の危機に直面した１９６２年の「キューバ危機」を念頭に、「今は２０１６年なのか、１９６２年なのかと思うことがある。ＮＡＴＯとの関係は、新たな冷戦時代に突入した」と述べ、ロシアと欧米の関係が極めて悪化しているという認識を示しました。
一方で、メドベージェフ首相は、シリア情勢やテロとの戦いなどで欧米との連携は可能だとして、ローマ・カトリック教会とロシア正教会のトップが１０００年近く前の東西キリスト教会の分裂を乗り越えて会談したことを引き合いに出し、協力を呼びかけました。
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Western sanctions on Russia have 'zero political outcome' & result in lost profits – Medvedev — RT Business
49%-51%: Germany, Russia, UK disagree on odds of Syrian ceasefire holding — RT News
Responding to a question on how likely the Syrian Army and so-called moderate rebel groups are to observe the ceasefire negotiated by world powers, Germany’s Frank-Walter Steinmeier simply said, “51 percent.”
Sergey Lavrov, his Russian counterpart, was reluctant to voice any percentage, and said any success in the peace process would depend on the US military finally agreeing on coordinating their actions in Syria with Russia.
He said that while his counterpart, Secretary of State John Kerry, in his Munich speech earlier said that military cooperation with Russia is what the US wants in Syria, statements from the Pentagon directly contradicted it. Moreover, the US insists on continuing its own military action in Syria while demanding that Russia put its campaign on hold, even though both campaigns are targeting terrorist groups.
“The fact that the discourse around this ceasefire is drifting toward prioritizing the halt of the operations of the Russian Air Forces makes me strongly suspect that our peace effort would end in a sour way. If the military are not maintaining an honest day-to-day contact… nothing can be achieved,” Lavrov said.
“If the Americans try to play it back now, it would be their responsibility,” he added.
Moderator Wolfgang Ischinger joked: “Sounds like a little less than 50 percent,” to which Lavrov glumly replied: “Forty-nine.”
“I don’t speak Russian, but I was judging something close to zero,” commented the third member of the panel, UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond.
He proceeded to say that it was Russia who can finally make or break the ceasefire, accusing Moscow of bombing the same moderate opposition that it expects to observe the ceasefire, an allegation that Russia denies.
“Whatever you call it, whatever the justification, whatever the language – over the last weeks Russia has been bombing the moderate opposition positions. In the name of fighting terrorism, whatever,” Hammond said. “Unless Russia over the next days is going to stop or at least significantly scale back that bombing, the moderate armed opposition will not join in this process.”
Ironically, Russia has been trying for months to get the sponsors of the “moderate Syrian opposition” provide the Russian military with accurate list of the armed groups, which should be considered moderate enough to be negotiated with, and their positions so that Russia wouldn’t bomb them. This information is exactly what Lavrov said the Pentagon is withholding from the Russian military, despite all Moscow’s requests.
What is collectively called the Syrian rebels are a fluid and disorganized assortment of armed groups with conflicting agendas and shifting allegiances. Agreeing who should be at the negotiations table was a major challenge during the organization of the peace talks in Munich, and eventually only the terrorist group Islamic State and the Al-Qaeda branch in Syria, the Nusra Front, were explicitly excluded.
Lavrov urges constitutional reform in Ukraine at ‘Normandy-4’ meeting in Munich — RT News
“A constitutional reform is indispensable for Donbass to achieve its permanent status, and must also lead to the appropriate legislation – and not just for three years, but on a permanent basis,” Lavrov told reporters on Saturday, following a meeting of the foreign ministers from France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine.
“Following on from this, a discussion on amnesty, as well as the modality of the local elections, must take place – something that Kiev systematically avoids.”
