- News>
- World
`BRICs won`t allow Libya like situation in Syria`
Russia and its partners in the BRICS group of emerging economies are determined to avert a Libya-style scenario for Syria.
"We are proposing that the UN Security Council firmly demands that all parties to the conflict respect human rights and begin talks," Lavrov said.
"If it`s up to the BRICS, the Libyan scenario won`t be repeated," Lavrov was quoted as saying by Voice of Russia radio. Speaking at a joint news conference here after his talks with the visiting Brazilian Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota , Lavrov said the BRICS nation believe the UN Security Council must condemn violence in that Arab country and urge the conflicting sides there to respect human rights and start a dialogue. BRICS is an economic grouping and comprises of South Africa, Brazil, India, China and Russia.
In a veiled attack on the West, which has adopted anti-Assad stance Lavrov said: "We cannot incite the Syrian opposition to ignore dialogue." He also said the Syrian President Bashar Assad must be given time to draft a new constitution and implement promised pro-democracy reforms.
The reported deaths in the Syrian conflict are at about 2,000, including some 500 police and security personnel.
PTI