The problem here is that Iran will take up the slack.
S. Arabia asks Russia to stop supplying Assad with arms
30 MARCH 2015, 09:01 (GMT+05:00)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on Sunday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin – a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – to follow through with his own letter to Arab leaders in which he welcomed a swift settlement for the Syrian crisis Anadolu Agency reported
"The Russian President speaks about Syria's atrocities as though [Moscow] was not an essential factor behind their occurrence," al-Faisal said.
"[Moscow] supplies the Syrian regime with strategic weapons it uses in fighting its own people in violation of Russian laws which ban the sale of arms to countries that use them for offense rather than defense," he added following the Arab summit, which was held for two days in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.
He said the Syrian regime had lost legitimacy.
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S. Arabia asks Russia to stop supplying Assad with arms
S. Arabia asks Russia to stop supplying Assad with arms
30 MARCH 2015, 09:01 (GMT+05:00)
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on Sunday called on Russian President Vladimir Putin – a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad – to follow through with his own letter to Arab leaders in which he welcomed a swift settlement for the Syrian crisis Anadolu Agency reported
"The Russian President speaks about Syria's atrocities as though [Moscow] was not an essential factor behind their occurrence," al-Faisal said.
"[Moscow] supplies the Syrian regime with strategic weapons it uses in fighting its own people in violation of Russian laws which ban the sale of arms to countries that use them for offense rather than defense," he added following the Arab summit, which was held for two days in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh.
He said the Syrian regime had lost legitimacy.
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S. Arabia asks Russia to stop supplying Assad with arms
