Russian representative to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said that the Alliance is planning a military campaign in Syria, to remove President Bashar al-Assad aimed at preparing a long term attack on Iran.
UN Security Council condemned the violence in Syria Wednesday, urging the authorities in Damascus to end the use of force against peaceful protestors, but without requiring the intervention of NATO.
“This statement means that the planning (military operation) is already in progress. It may be a logical conclusion of these military and propaganda of some Western countries from North Africa,” Rogozin said in an interview published Friday by Izvestia.
He said that the Alliance wants to cover only regimes “whose views do not coincide with those of the West.”
Rogozin has expressed agreement with the experts who believe that Syria and, later, Yemen could become the last step before the onset of an attack on Iran. ‘Tighten the noose around Iran. Military planning against Iran is in progress. And of course we are concerned about the escalation of the situation to a war in this region huge scale, “he said.
Having learned the lesson of Libya, Russia “will continue to oppose a resolution on the situation in Syria of force,” Dmitry Rogozin said, adding that the consequences of a conflict widely in North Africa would be devastating for the world.
