Canada is very active on the diplomatic
front and a key contributor to international efforts to ensure full
implementation of peace and human
rights.
Diplomats have taken every possible
opportunity to raise the issues of humanitarian crises and human rights in
Syria. The good news today is that Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced
that Canada has closed its embassy in Syria because of the continuing violence
there.
"International consensus is that
this regime has lost all legitimacy and the only course of action is for Assad
to leave and leave now," Baird said in Ottawa, referring to Syrian
President Bashar al-Assad.
He also announced further sanctions
that will be taken against Syria.I think with world pressure
at a peak in the boiling crisis, the Syrian regime will be forced to change.
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You raise an interesting point regarding external pressure and the Syrian crisis. Could some not look at Canada's exit from Syria as a flee from the hostile environment, leaving it to it's own devices?
ReplyDeleteI know some will say that's a flee from hostile environment but diplomacy doesn't mean sacrifice!In crisis situation, especially when there's no "hope" for change like in Syria, it is normal that diplomatic personnel leave for their own security. Humanitarian organizations will be there to help civilians.
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