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European nations and United States on collision course with Russia over proposed UN vote condemning Syrian crackdown.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong>04-October-2011<\/p>\n

Western nations are pressing for the adoption of a UN resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown on anti-government protests despite the threat of a Russian veto.<\/p>\n

European nations backed by the US were expected to seek a vote on Tuesday on a resolution imposing "targeted measures" against the government of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad for a crackdown that has killed 2,700 people, according to UN estimates.<\/p>\n

But Russia hit out at the proposed resolution against its longtime ally, describing it as "unacceptable".<\/p>\n

Britain, France, Germany and Portugal had dropped the word "sanctions" from their draft text in a bid to win over members of the UN Security Council, but it was not enough to avoid opposition from veto-wielding Russia.<\/p>\n

"The text that Western nations are planning to put up for a vote is clearly unacceptable," Gennady Gatilov, Russia’s deputy foreign minister, told the Interfax news agency.<\/p>\n

The current proposal would impose sanctions if Assad failed to comply within 30 days with instructions to end violence and impose reforms.<\/p>\n

"It is unacceptable because it keeps the prospect of imposing sanctions on Syria," Gatilov said, although his language carefully avoided the mention of Russia using its right to veto the resolution.<\/p>\n

US support<\/strong><\/p>\n

The US state department urged Moscow on Tuesday to consider carefully its stand on the measure.<\/p>\n

Asked if she expected Russia to support sanctions, US state department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters: "I think the Russians will make their own national decision, but we are hoping for strong support for this resolution … from all members of the Security Council."<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera’s Kristen Saloomey, reporting from the UN, said, "It’s really quite a weak resolution, with no real threat of sanctions; but [it includes] the possibility of targeted measures down the road if Syria doesn’t comply."<\/p>\n

Our correspondent also said Russia could abstain rather than veto the resolution. <\/p>\n

Western governments and human rights watchdogs have expressed mounting criticism of the council’s failure to adopt any resolution on Syria, which has since mid-March been shaken by an unprecedented pro-democracy protest movement that the Assad government has sought to crush using deadly force.<\/p>\n

Latest violence<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the latest violence, at least nine people were killed on Tuesday, including six civilians, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.<\/p>\n

Four died in clashes near the border with Turkey between troops and deserters unwilling to shoot at protesters and the others in central Homs province, it said.<\/p>\n

Approximately 7,500 Syrians have fled the crackdown and are staying in camps in southern Turkey.<\/p>\n

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister, voiced support for the proposed UN resolution and said he would soon announce sanctions on the neighbouring country.<\/p>\n

"The draft resolution before the council today is in the nature of sending a warning. We hope there will a positive outcome of this vote and that there will then be further discussions about whatever further steps need to be taken," Erdogan told a news conference during a visit to South Africa.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Guido Westerwelle, the German foreign minister, urged Security Council members to find a "unified answer" to the crackdown in Syria, warning that inaction would weaken the UN’s authority.<\/p>\n

"We need to find a united, unified common answer to this repression in Syria which we cannot accept," Westerwelle said in The Hague after a working lunch with Uri Rosenthal, his Dutch counterpart.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source: Al-Jazeera and Agencies<\/em><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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