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Gül regrets UN veto, tells Assad to embrace change
“We feel saddened by the vote at the United Nations,” Gül said at a joint news conference with his South Korean counterpart, Lee Myung-bak, in Ankara. “Everyone should remember that the era of the Cold War is over. Human rights violations, military power being used against civilians, there is no longer a place for this in the world.”
Russia and China, two permanent members of the UN Security Council, vetoed on Saturday the Western-Arab UN Security Council resolution backing an Arab League call for Assad to step aside. Turkey, along with many Western and Arab countries, expressed regret over the failure of the resolution and warned that the rejection of the resolution “must never constitute a pretext for the Syrian administration to add new mistakes to the existing ones.”
Gül said the situation in Syria kept deteriorating. “Syria is on a path of no return. Therefore, the best thing Assad could do for his country and people is to stop insisting on his policies and to embrace change,” Gül added.
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