Source: Global Research
US-NATO AMD Target Russia. Will Russia Intervene Militarily against the US in the Case of an Attack on Iran
Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin (RIA Novosti / Yana Lapikova)
The escalating conflict around
Iran should be contained by common effort, otherwise the promising Arab
Spring will grow into a “scorching Arab Summer,” says Dmitry Rogozin,
Russia’s deputy prime minister and former envoy to NATO.
“Iran is our close neighbor,
just south of the Caucasus. Should anything happen to Iran, should Iran
get drawn into any political or military hardships, this will be a
direct threat to our national security,” stressed Rogozin.
Dmitry Rogozin, who served as
Russia’s special envoy to NATO in 2008-2011, was appointed deputy prime
minister by Vladimir Putin in December. On Friday he was bidding
farewell to his NATO colleagues in the alliance’s headquarters in
Brussels.
As for Syria, if NATO persists in
interfering in its affairs, a catastrophe will be hard to avoid, said
Rogozin, talking to journalists on the premises of the Russian mission
to the alliance.
“The example of Libya should have cooled everybody down in matters dealing with foreign civil wars,” he said, stressing that this is his personal point of view.
“Syria must be left alone and
the sides to the conflict must be assisted in breaking the stand-off
and starting negotiations. No one must interfere with Syria. This is
dangerous,” added Rogozin.
The West’s attempts to improve
democracy in the Middle East and North Africa have resulted in Islamists
coming to power. It is now up to the West to decide how comfortable
they feel with neighbors who determine their politics with Sharia law,
says Rogozin.
