Arms Trade. Tehran Conference Statement on Syria. On August 9, Iran hosted an emergency conference on developments in Syria.
Envoys from 26 countries attended the one-day meeting including Afghanistan, Algeria, Armenia, Belarus, Benin, China, Cuba, Ecuador, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirghizstan, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe. The final communiqué expressed the following points. ·Serious concern over the continuation of clashes and violation of human rights in Syria and the vast losses and damages which have caused grief and numerous problems for the people of Syria, and sympathy with the families of the victims of armed clashes and terrorist acts. ·The necessity of pursuing political solutions based on national dialogue as the only way to resolve the Syrian crisis with the main objective of bringing the violence to a total end and encouraging the two sides to prepare the ground for the national dialogue.
US raps Iran on Syria after Tehran conference. Iran hosts Syria conference, West skeptical. Ophef in Spanje over verkiezingsslogan van de VVD. Buitenland In Spanje is verontwaardiging ontstaan over een verkiezingsslogan van de VVD: “Die beker mogen ze hebben.
Onze kredietwaardigheid niet.” Naast de tekst staan de Spaanse voetballer Xavi en zijn Italiaanse collega Pirlo afgebeeld. De afbeelding werd op 29 juni, twee dagen voor de EK-finale, op de Facebookpagina ‘Stem VVD’ geplaatst. “Italië of Spanje wordt Europees kampioen voetbal”, zo staat er in het bijschrijft. “Nu moeten ze nog even kampioen bezuinigen worden, want als het aan ons ligt komt er geen regeling waarmee ze van onze zuinigheid kunnen profiteren en zelf geen orde op zaken hoeven te stellen.” ‘Rutte slaat eurosceptische toon aan vanwege campagne’ Gistermiddag pikte de Brusselse correspondent van de rechtse krant El Mundo het plaatje op, waarna ook andere Spaanse media erover berichtten. Op internet regende het niettemin binnen enkele uren honderden, voornamelijk boze reacties. VVD: dit was een ludieke verwijzing Wat vindt de VVD zelf van de reacties uit Spanje? Spanje. Unilever draait stuk meer omzet ondanks ‘uitdagende markten’
Tubes tandpasta in de Unilever-fabriek in Amersfoort.
Foto Hollandse Hoogte / Arie Kievit Economie Levensmiddelenconcern Unilever heeft de omzet in de eerste zes maanden van het jaar met 11,5 procent zien stijgen, blijkt uit de vanochtend gepresenteerde halfjaarcijfers. Unilever spreekt van “consistente” resultaten, ondanks de “wereldwijd verslechterende economische omstandigheden”. De nettowinst van de producent van voedings- en verzorgingsmiddelen steeg in het eerste half jaar met één procent. In Europa viel de omzetgroei met 1,1 procent wat tegen. Unilever presteert in vergelijking concurrenten als Procter & Gamble en Danone nog aardig goed. Lees meer over: Unilever. Iran urges Syrians to talk after Tehran meeting. LONDON: Iran urged Syrian rebels on Thursday to start talks with President Bashar al-Assad about political reform and said it won international support at a meeting in Tehran for such a strategy to end the conflict.
The Iranian foreign minister insisted Assad's administration - a key ally of Tehran - would not collapse under pressure from abroad and the state broadcaster said a diplomatic gathering attended by Russia, China, India, Jordan and a couple of dozen other states had backed Tehran's call for a three-month truce. With most countries represented only by their ambassadors and the absence of Western and most Middle Eastern states which have demanded Assad end his family's 40-year rule, analysts saw little impact from the meeting on the continuing violence.
Afterwards, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told a televised news conference: "The opposition needs to sit down and cooperate with the Syrian government to speed up the reform. " "There will be no winner in Syria. FINAL STATEMENT FROM TEHRAN CONFERENCE ON SYRIA « Syria 360° Officials and representatives from over 30 countries participating in the international summit in Tehran on August 09, 2012.
TEHRAN (FNA)- Delegates of 30 world countries and international bodies participating in the International Conference on Syria in the Iranian capital issued a final statement at the end of their meeting Thursday evening. The international consultative conference on the developments in Syria started in Tehran this afternoon and wrapped up work after several hours of discussions in the evening. The following is the full text of the statement issued at the end of the gathering. At the end, all participants expressed their appreciations to the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran for holding Tehran Consultative Meeting and emphasized on the necessity to continue such consultative meetings in order to mitigate the sufferings of Syrian people and bringing peace and stability to the region.
Iran rejects foreign military intervention as solution to Syrian crisis. Tehran conference: Khar opposes coercive measures in Syria. Delegates from 28 countries gather in the Iranian capital.
In her opening statement, Foreign Minister Khar reiterated the need to find mutually agreeable political solution to the impending crisis saying that prolonged instability in Syria would have serious consequences for the Muslim Ummah. PHOTO: PID/FILE.