China offers diplomatic solution to Syria and along with India rules out foreign intervention

by Madison Ruppert
Editor of End the Lie
March 4, 2012

Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Image credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China)

China is now offering a proposal which they say could end all of the violence in Syria by calling for an immediate end to all violence on both sides and talks by all the parties.

However, they continue to stand strong in their opposition to foreign intervention like what we witnessed in Libya.

The proposal was released by the Chinese Foreign Ministry and is part of Beijing’s new effort to take an active diplomatic role in the Syrian crisis.

China has previously come under fire from the West for their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution they said could open the door to a dangerous intervention.

Their new proposal reflects this concern, which is a very rational one. Instead of calling for foreign intervention like so many in the West and among the opposition have done (which would very likely become quite bloody, just like in Libya), the proposal opts to call for a multilateral cease-fire.

In addition to a total cease-fire, they are calling for negotiations to be mediated by the United Nations and the Arab League, which I seriously doubt would be productive.

China is also calling for humanitarian relief to be brought into Syria, something which I doubt many people would disagree on.

The proposal is clearly against outside interference which would attempt to oust Assad and replace him, according to the Associated Press.

The glaring issue with this proposal is that the opposition has repeatedly stated that they are completely and totally unwilling to engage in peaceful talks with the Assad government.

This kind of all-or-nothing approach taken by the rebels is nothing short of dangerous and clearly it is in no way conducive to a peaceful resolution of the conflict.

The question of how to deal with Syria has been one which is highly controversial and there is very little agreement outside of the Western powers who want to see Assad ousted post-haste.

India and the Arab League have recently been engaging in in-depth discussions on Syria, but they have not been able to come to an agreement on a common approach to end the crisis with India saying that it should be up to Syrians to internally decide how they want to resolve their own domestic problems.

This seems like a quite rational conclusion which not only respects the rights of Syrians to decide how their country is governed but also respects Syria’s national sovereignty.

The Arab League, on the other hand, has called for Assad to step down and give power to the Vice President and a national unity government. Who exactly would be involved in such a government and how they would be chosen is anyone’s guess.

However, if recent history is any indication, it is likely the case that they would seek to place individuals in power (undemocratically, of course) who are little more than Western puppets or individuals who will otherwise play along, unlike Assad.

India has said that foreign intervention of any kind is unnecessary and unhelpful, adding that it is not their decision whether Assad should stay or go.

For some reason, many nations are completely ignoring Syria’s sovereignty and demanding regime change, which they have absolutely no right to do.

Hopefully some of the Western powers will take note of these comments from China and India and thus start respecting Syrian sovereignty, the right of the Syrian people to decide their own domestic affairs and hopefully avoid what could become an even bloodier conflict with foreign intervention.

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