AB yeni #Suriye yaptırımlarını tehdit ediyor, ancak net bir #Rusya hedefi yok

European Union foreign ministers threatened on Monday (16 April) new sanctions on Syria over what the West says were chemical attacks on its own people, but held off from joining expected new US punitive measures against Russia, yazmak Robin Emmott ve Gabriela Baczynska.

After Britain and France joined the United States in missile salvoes meant to knock out Syrian chemical arms facilities, EU foreign ministers eyed steps to deepen the isolation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

“The European Union will continue to consider further restrictive measures against Syria as long as the repression continues,” all 28 foreign ministers said in a statement after their talks in Luxembourg, referring to economic sanctions.

They also endorsed the US, British and French air strikes carried out on Saturday (14 April) that Western powers said were a response to a 7 April poison gas attack on the rebel enclave of Douma and were seen as a way to stop the use of chemical weapons.

İngiliz Dışişleri Bakanı Boris Johnson, toplantıya varışta gazetecilere verdiği demeçte, “Suriye'deki savaşın geleceğini değiştirmeye veya rejim değişikliğine gitmeye teşebbüs etmemek (grevler) çok önemlidir” dedi.

“Korkarım Suriye savaşı korkunç, sefil bir şekilde devam edecek. Ama bu, kimyasal silahların yeterince kullanıldığını söyleyen dünyaydı ”dedi.

But EU diplomats said there was no discussion on Monday to target Russian military figures who, along with Iran, have allowed Assad to regain rebel-held territory in Syria’s seven-year war and who the West accuse of war crimes arising from aerial bombardments and gas attacks on civilians and hospitals.

The United States is due to announce new economic sanctions on Russia aimed at companies it alleges were dealing with equipment related to chemical weapons, according to U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley.

Ancak, AB diplomatları, Avrupa hükümetlerinin ABD'nin ne planladığına dair daha fazla fikrine sahip olana kadar, çabucak bir şekilde davayı takip etmek mümkün olmadığına dikkat çekti. Geçmişte, AB önlemleri bazen Washington’dan aylar sonra gelmiştir.

Russia is Europe’s biggest gas supplier and, while the EU has imposed significant sanctions on Moscow’s financial, energy and defence sectors over the crisis in Ukraine, close ties between Russia and some EU members complicate discussions about new punitive measures.

Foreign ministers, in their statement, did single out Russia and Iran, as well as Turkey, for blame, calling for an end to the war and humanitarian access to all besieged areas, saying 13.1 million people were in need of assistance, many trapped.

“We have to keep pushing to get a ceasefire and humanitarian aid through the (United Nations) Security Council and eventually a peace process,” Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok told reporters in Luxembourg.

“The only solution is a peace process through the Security Council,” said Blok, who met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on Friday.

Gelecek hafta Suriye için uluslararası bir bağış konferansı düzenleyecek olan AB içinde, çoğu hükümet artık Esad'ın barış müzakerelerinin başarılı olması için başkan olarak kalamayacağını kabul ediyor.

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