The Syrian crisis was among the topics of the 29th EU-Russia summit held in Strelna on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with Russian President Putin, President of the European Commission Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, and both foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton.<\/P>
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Annan plan has the best chance of ending the violence <\/STRONG><\/P> The EU and Russia back the Annan plan as the best chance for ending the violence in Syria, Van Rompuy asserted during a joint press conference, adding that Moscow and Brussels had to join forces. He therefore launched an appeal to the Syrian authorities for their cessation of the violence and full support for the Annan plan.<\/P> No grounds for military intervention<\/STRONG><\/P> Syria was also a topic of discussion on Friday in the margins of the conference on Somalia in Istanbul, which Minister Terzi attended. \u201cI do not believe any military action outside the UN Security Council is an option on the table\u201d, revealed Terzi, underscoring that \u201cthe grounds do not exist\u201d for any intervention \u201ceither in the UN or among Western countries or the governments of the region\u201d.<\/P> The way to go for now then is a \u201cpolitical solution\u201d. According to Terzi it is important that Moscow participate, with the understanding that the position of the Bashar El Assad regime has been \u201cpermanently compromised\u201d and that Damascus has \u201carrived well beyond the point of no return\u201d.<\/P> Italy considers it necessary to render the sanctions against the regime\u2019s leaders more incisive through a UN resolution that \u201ceffectively strengthens international observers\u2019 ability to operate\u201d and \u201cto protect themselves\u201d. After the \u201cterrifying atrocities being perpetrated\u201d in Syria, it may be time to call for the intervention of the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague, which \u201cwould be a highly significant form of pressure\u201d, Terzi added.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Syrian crisis was among the topics of the 29th EU-Russia summit held in Strelna on the outskirts of St. Petersburg, with Russian President Putin, President of the European Commission Jos\u00e9 Manuel Barroso, President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, and both foreign ministers, Sergei Lavrov and Catherine Ashton. Annan plan has the best […]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,6,42],"class_list":["post-19743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-approfondimenti","tag-diritti-umani","tag-mediterraneo-e-medio-oriente","tag-unione-europea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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