Patrick Wintour
London Guardian
June 17, 2013
A diplomatic breakthrough on the Syrian civil war at the G8 summit in
Northern Ireland appeared unlikely when the Russian president, Vladimir
Putin, chastised the west for considering arming Syrian rebels, saying
they ate human organs. He said Russia by contrast was arming the
legitimate government of Syria.
Speaking after a difficult meeting with Putin in Downing Street,
David Cameron claimed both men were in agreement on the need to end the
human catastrophe of the civil war. But there was little to suggest the
two men made progress on how to convene a fresh Syrian peace conference
in Geneva, let alone who should attend, or its agenda.
In icy exchanges at a press conference, Putin said: “You will not
deny that one does not really need to support the people who not only
kill their enemies, but open up their bodies, eat their intestines in
front of the public and cameras. Are these the people you want to
support? Is it them who you want to supply with weapons? Then this
probably has little relation to humanitarian values that have been
preached in Europe for hundreds of years.”
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