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March 12th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Britain had hoped to take advantage of the opportunity of the debate to accelerate negotiations in a series of meetings on the sidelines, possibly paving the way for a new UN resolution which would set out a pathway towards a transfer of power from the government of President Assad.
But both Russia and China made clear that they do not support regime change, and could not sign up to a resolution that did not also involve a ceasefire by the Syrian opposition.
During angry exchanges, Mrs Clinton said: “We reject any equivalence between premeditated murders by a government’s military machine and the actions of civilians under siege driven to self-defence.” She added that the Security Council should not “stand silent when governments massacre their own people, threatening regional peace and security in the process.”
And Mrs Clinton also described President Assad as “cynical” for hosting Kofi Annan, the former UN Secretary General, on a peacekeeping mission while launching a fresh assault on the town of Iblib.
Mr Lavrov said, however: “Hasty demands for regime change [are] risky recipes of geopolitical engineering which can only result in further conflict.
“At this stage we should not talk about who was the first to start, but rather discuss realistic and feasible approaches which would allow [us] to achieve the ceasefire as a priority.”
China’s UN ambassador Li Baodong added: “China is against interference in internal affairs in the name of humanitarianism. No external parties should engage in military intervention in Syria and push for regime change.”
Russia and China have vetoed two proposed UN Security Council resolutions which backed an Arab League plan for democratic elections to follow the handover of power by President Assad to his deputy.
Moscow says it will not support any plan that does not include a universal ceasefire, and has accused the western world of fuelling the conflict by encouraging opponents of the regime.
After a private meeting between Secretary Clinton and Mr Lavrov, she said: “I pointed out that lack of unity will be dangerous, bloody conflict that will have regional implications.” But Mr Lavrov said that it was “dishonest” to blame Russia for the bloodshed and that he would not accept “take or leave it” tactics.
“Ultimatums will not work,” he added.
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