Assad urges BRICS intervention to end Syria war
LEBANON: Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday called on the
BRICS nations to intervene to end the conflict in his country, in a
letter delivered by his adviser Bouthaina Shaaban during a trip to South
Africa.
Speaking to AFP, Shaaban said she had delivered the letter to South
African President Jacob Zuma ahead of the BRICS summit in South Africa
on March 26.
“Today I passed a message from President Bashar al-Assad to President
Jacob Zuma, who will preside over the March 26 BRICS summit, on the
subject of the situation in Syria,” Shaaban said, reached by telephone
from Beirut.
“In this message, President Bashar al-Assad asks for intervention by
the BRICS to stop the violence in his country and encourage the opening
of a dialogue, which he wishes to start.” Shaaban said during the
meeting with Zuma, which was also attended by South Africa’s foreign
minister, “the president was very positive and deplored the destruction
affecting this beautiful country.”
The BRICS acronym refers to the nations of Brazil, Russia, India,
China and South Africa, all developing powers which opposed the use of
force in Libya.
AFP
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