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NATO is planning military campaign against Syria says Russian envoy

06-08-2011

MOSCOW, (Xinhua): Russia's envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said Friday that the alliance is planning a military campaign against Syria to overthrow the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, local media reported.

In an interview with Russia's Izvestia daily newspaper, Rogozin said the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is also probably establishing a long-reaching goal of preparing an attack on Iran.

Rogozin said a statement Wednesday from the UN Security Council, which confirmed that the current situation in Syria had not yet called for NATO interference, meant that planning for a military campaign was underway.

"It could be a logical conclusion for those military and propaganda operations, which have been carried out by certain Western countries against North Africa," Rogozin said.

Russia has learned lessons from Libya and will continue to oppose "a forcible resolution of the situation in Syria," Rogozin said.

He added that the alliance is aiming to interfere only with the regimes "whose views do not coincide with those of the West."

The diplomat also warned that the "noose around Iran is tightening," saying Moscow is seriously concerned about "an escalation of a large-scale war in this huge region."

Editor: Xiong Tong

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