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Syria welcomes Russia's offer to replace Austrian peacekeepers at Golan Heights |
2013-06-08 |
[Xinhua] Syria's Foreign Ministry hailed Friday the Russian offer to replace Austrian peacekeepers in the Golan Heights after Austria decided to pull out its troops due to the rising tension on the Syrian borders with the Israeli-occupied territory. While lamenting Austria's decision to withdraw its 377 UN peacekeepers from the occupied Golan Heights due to the tension between rebels and government troops in the area, the ministry hailed Moscow's offer to replace the Austrian UN troops, pledging full cooperation in that regard. On Thursday, the Syrian rebels briefly overran a border crossing near the Golan Heights, but the Syrian troops later clashed with them and recaptured the border point in al-Quneitra city. Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann and Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger said the battles for controlling the border point at the Golan Heights pushed them to withdraw their troops. UN Secretary-General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon ... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... said he regretted such a decision by Austria. Russian President Vladimir Putin ![]() said Friday that his country was ready to replace the Austrian peacekeepers with Russian ones " if the regional powers show interest and if the UN secretary general asks us to do so." |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 I think that is the point; probably already know who will kill them. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-06-08 11:05 |
#1 Russia will think differently when Russians get killed. |
Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-06-08 08:13 |