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China, Russia ’decisively against’ regime change

Assad appoints new PM as clashes rock Damascus

AFP, Damascus
China and Russia yesterday said they were "decisively against” intervention or regime change in Syria as Arab and Western calls mounted for tougher international action in the 15-month conflict.
As rebel fighters stepped up their attacks in and around Damascus, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned that regime change in Syria would lead the Middle East to "catastrophe".
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who has voiced mounting frustration with the Chinese and Russian position, was to discuss the situation with allies in Istanbul later on Wednesday, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
In a joint statement issued after two days of talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese
leaders, Beijing and Moscow said they strongly opposed intervention and regime change in Syria.
"Russia and China are decisively against attempts to regulate the Syrian crisis with outside military intervention, as well as imposing... a policy of regime change," the statement said.
Speaking in the Chinese capital, the Russian foreign minister urged the international community to resist calls from the exiled opposition to help oust President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
Meanwhile, Assad appointed a regime loyalist, agriculture minister Riad Hijab, as premier to replace Adel Safar, who formed his government in April last year, a month after the Arab Spring-inspired uprising erupted.
Syria's new parliament was elected on May 7 in a vote boycotted by opposi-tion groups and dismissed by Washington as a" farce".
Assad appointed a regime loyalist,
agriculture minister Riad Hijab, as premier to replace Adel Safar, who formed his government in April last year, a month after the Arab Spring-inspired uprising erupted.
On Tuesday, 55 people were killed in violence across Syria, including 26 soldiers, 19 civilians and 10 rebels, according to the Observatory's figures.
On Tuesday, Russia said Assad could leave power as part of a settlement to end bloodshed in Syria.
And the United States endorsed yesterday the Arab League's proposal to invoke the United Nations' tough Chapter VII sanctions against the Syrian regime.
But Washington held off from supporting Chapter Vil's powers to initiate a military intervention and focused on economic sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's embattled government.