“As for the U.S. President’s speech, we earned the second place among the threats to international peace and stability,” Lavrov said. “Number one is the Ebola virus, number two is the so-called Russian aggression in Europe and Isil and other terrorists who are now taking hold of the Middle East and primarily of the countries, which have evidenced U.S. interventions, are ranked as number three.”
“One more thing I found bizarre was that the U.S. President said several times the world had become freer and safer,” he said. “I didn’t understand whether he was serious or not and whether there was an Orwellian element in it. Because George Orwell invented the Ministry of Truth and it looks like this philosophy is lingering.”
- “The U.S. President presented a U.S. worldview as he stressed many a time the exceptionality of himself and of his country,” Lavrov said. “That’s the worldview of a country that has spelt out its right to use force arbitrarily regardless of the UN Security Council’s resolutions or other international legal acts in its national defence doctrine.”
Moscow seeks to settle conflicts through equal dialogue and not through unilateral accusations, Sergey Lavrov added.
“We’re interested in settling conflicts in the world not by making unilateral accusations or shifting the blame, but through a fair, equal and respectful dialogue,” Lavrov said.
- “I’ll meet with [U.S. Secretary of State] John Kerry today. I’ll tell him about it,” he added.
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- Obama addresses the UN: 'IS must be destroyed'. (If Russia takes the path of peace and diplomacy, then the United States would lift its sanctions)...
US President Barack Obama vowed at the United Nations today to keep up the military pressure on Islamic State militants and urged those who have joined the extremist group in Iraq and Syria to "leave the battlefield while they can."
Speaking at the UN General Assembly, Obama said Islamic State must be destroyed.
On Ukraine, Obama said that if Russia takes the path of peace and diplomacy, then the United States would lift its sanctions.
He also called for many more countries to make concrete commitments to fight the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/170569/obama-addresses-the-un-is-must-be-destroyed 24/9/14
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Obama urges more countries to contribute to fight against Ebola outbreak...
ReplyDeleteUNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The world is not doing enough to combat Ebola outbreak and more countries need to contribute critical assets and capabilities to contain the epidemic, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday.
"In an era when regional crises can quickly become global threats, stopping Ebola is in the interests of the entire world," Obama said at a United Nations high-level meeting on Ebola, warning that this disease could cause a humanitarian catastrophe across West Africa.
He said aid from countries could include air transport, medical evacuation, health care workers, equipment, and treatment.
The President also called on international organizations to move faster and mobilize partners on the ground and encouraged more foundations and businesses to contribute to the fight through their own resources and expertise.
The United States has sent 3,000 military personnel to combat the Ebola virus in West Africa and set up a military command in Liberia to support civilian efforts across the region.
"Stopping Ebola is a priority for the United States," Obama said. "This must also be a priority for the world."
More than 2,800 people have been killed by outbreak of the Ebola virus, with the overwhelming majority of the deaths taking place in the three Western African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
WHO warned on Tuesday that unless Ebola control measures in West Africa are enhanced quickly, more than 20,000 people will have been infected by early November.
http://english.cntv.cn/2014/09/26/ARTI1411689227075245.shtml
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