turned into a civil war more than three thousand people are reported to have died in the anti-government protests that started eight months ago so r.t. has been speaking to the country's deputy foreign minister about the growing crisis . facts about mc that syria's deputy foreign minister thank you very much for being with us today sir happy to be with you now according to human un human rights reports over three thousand people have been killed in syria ever since the protests started in march for how long will syria keep on losing its people. i think the question should be the opposite the question should be what's happening in syria. of course the credibility of some international non-governmental

organizations have been lost because they don't take into consideration what's really happening no one of these organizations has said that syria has lost more than one thousand one hundred fifty multi-use from the army and the secret to fix do you think i mean this is the correct approach absolutely not. yes many civilians were killed sesson ated but people have to ask the question who killed them and why they were killed the criminals our security forces were able to detain. themselves admitted that they were killing demonstrators in syria to keep the pace of demonstrations going on not only that but some of those criminals said they were killing people to keep for example

the illegal building of houses in certain areas because they come up violate the law if the demo stations were not there so these are the cases however we believe the killing of a single person is too much he believes that life of one person is already crucial and this question is they still keep taking place and could just say that syria is at a state of the civil war no. i mean those who are provoking these developments want syria to go through a civil war and you know the complexity of the syrian population. is so deep because this is the history of syria we have something from everything. we have the three monotheistic religions within the each religion we have all the denominations so those who are behind these developments want really to lead the

country into a civil particularly when we correctly define those forces behind the developments that are going on i tell you those are religious extremists sell if it's drug traffickers. smugglers they have been provided with up to date technology of communication. by the well known forces from outside syria and financing of terrorism and terrorist action has taken place so much billions of dollars were smuggled into syria to encourage people to disturb the peace in the country and not to mention the tens of thousands of weapons that have been also smuggled in the into the country from terre kitty from lebanon from iraq and all neighboring countries can you really say that the whole opposition is made of pure islamists and there are no civilians who are just fighting for

a better life absolutely not this is my answer because we have a position from inside the country syria the syrian leadership recognized that there is a position and we have to take into account the views of the opposition and to work together with this opposition to build the new syria your government is actually maintaining tallow with the opposition actually filled some of their demands as well but. you cannot just disregard that the uprisings is in syria are taking place on a backdrop of numerous uprisings and revolutions that took place in the arab world and no one ever thought barracks museum would be put down no one ever thought banally would be ousted. no one ever thought anyone could touch gaddafi. he cannot just think that syria is a completely different story when these events are taking place at the same time do

you think something like this could happen in syria of course we recognize mistakes and we recognize the fact that the reform process. did not start. as it was expected to start these are realities we have to. accept what we do not expect is the fact that things develop in such a way in such a violent way. in a way that contradicts with the spirit of the syrian people social media has played a crucial role in egypt how is that affecting syria it also mean played a big role we have confiscated i mean in the cars of many diplomatic missions in syria a lot of these i mean mobilize and so on yes the social media was used and it seems to me it was used in negative way but. the government did not impose any

restrictions on the and the instructions of president as that on the use of social media i also that the conflict between the ruling elite and the sunni majority has lingered on for decades do you think that make lect has in some way contributed to the uprisings in the conflict this is a very dangerous question in syria we don't think of minorities and majorities this is this is a recipe for the disintegration of the country we don't speak certain. in syria everybody has the right to be a president in syria everybody has the right to be a prime minister you know throughout our history the first prime minister was. christian orthodox. what's wrong with that. and none of the of trying to mislead the syrian people to mislead the international public opinion to speak about

certain issues which men are objective is to divide the syrian people and this is where we differ from egypt and the from others in syria we have a political system that defends the sovereignty of the country and in syria we are under such an attack because we say no to the policies of the united states in the region supporting subjugation of the region into their interest and serving the major interests of israel can we talk a little bit about nato because you know how nato is very cynical when it comes to the choice of interfering in one country or another why do you think it's not touching syria or not touching. i mean for the time being they cannot touch syria i mean if they knew that i mean going to syria is easy. they will do it. we think they cannot because the entire region is against this in libya when they

are to interfere under the pretext of a human rights protecting the needy and people i think even if gadhafi lives hundred years more he will not kill a small number of the people nato has killed more than fifty thousand people killed by in that i think those who committed these crimes should go to international call courts when they need to implemented that was aleutian nineteen seventy three the way they did it in a criminal way russia said no china said no the majority of security council members said no pressure is only working in the interests of syria we believe russia is working also in the interests of world peace and security and in the interest of russian interests and russian policy as a peaceful power as a great power that wants to maintain peace and security in the entire world if they

manipulate the situation in the middle east they will do it everywhere in the world and it has become very clear the issue of libya is an issue of all. those countries are rushing no to divide the. gains of the war among themselves here excellency from what it seems from the outside also. the events are taking place in your country are affected by outside players for instance turkey turkey wants to be a leading power in for the sudanese in the region and we know that sunni's form the core of the opposition in syria also we know that turkey provides support for the oppositional syrian national council i was seeing double standards here can turkey use this whole thing to its advantage i'm taking your question i'm not taking very well it if the turkish government would pursue its policies in the imperial way

according to the autumn months systems when the commit a big mistake for turkey and for the position of therapy in the entire region who told them they are i mean the audience of sudanese in the entire world nobody has the right to interfere and that whatever so pretext including turkey if they want to interfere under this guys because this is a big mistake it's not just turkey the syrian t.v. has aired an interview with a captured terrorists who admitted to receiving aid from saudi arabia and jordan why would this countries want cast in the region here you have touch of the very sensitive issue the financing of to others. until now at least we don't say officially that i mean the saudi government or the jordanian government or the lebanese government or the government are financing

these groups tourist to us but we believe money is coming from these comes from an unofficial sicko's our appeal to our brothers and sisters in all these countries is not to allow that because under the united nations this is called financing of terrorism they are sending money to consider this and i believe this should be stopped since the clashes are still taking place and the protests are still going on what do you percy for the near future in syria what's going to happen of course you are right when you said there are still some clashes between those terrorist elements and the police and security forces we hope they stop because as i said the killing of a single syrian is a big tragedy. now you will ask me ok what's the way out the way out prison that assad has put on the table a comprehensive

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good things come to those who wait after nearly two decades of debate russia finally gets the green light to join the global trade system. says the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new prime minister sparking fresh indignation in greek streets over the perceived loss of. this bureaucratic machine . that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources after the findings of the un's atomic. concern over nuclear program. for me all those stories in fifteen minutes from now in the meantime kate is here with the latest news. hello welcome to the sports that's here at the top stories. new look at russia

coach to cover can't deny his conceding to media pressure i'll tell you zuber is called up for friday's friendly with greece and they unveiled their new kit. while ups and downs jarrett well leads tiger woods is in the hunt but john daly quit soccer six times finding the water on an event called first day of this trailer open. on the lions of the ice we look at p.h.l. newcomers and left pop proud as they attempt to break into the ranks of europe's elite ice hockey team. we start with football as russia coach take out the card denies giving in to media pressure for more use in the same of the chording up spot at moscow forward after friday's friendly with greece in athens the twenty three year old could make his international debut after being named as a replacement for the experience pavel pogrebnyak was out for a month after picking up an injury while training with the stuttgart side supersport x. leading top scorer joins a fellow forward alexander got caught in front in a moscow as two new faces in

a usually unchanged russia side but advocaat insists their call ups were because they both reached the appropriate level. when a blow is good enough to come into the squalled though i will do it but i don't do it when the media start going about it only endured when a few it is necessary. that we have new young players there's a reason they're dribbling to young players meanwhile russia have unveiled a new kit for next summer's european championships which will make its debut against greece in friday's friendly the new shirts now has white blue and red stag of all stripes along with a chain mouth pattern as a reminder of the country's ancient warriors who wore it into battle all the motto of the campaign is victory starts with you and appeal for fans to get behind the team in poland and ukraine next summer and city striker alexander crozier golf was optimistic about the team's chances twenty twelve. you need of so i believe in

myself and in the players who will be at euro two thousand and twelve we're capable of some great performances there and i mean to win the whole thing i'm sure we will prove how good we are next summer by the time the euros kickoff if i'm fit to play i'll be at the burford teach twenty nine to help the squad but meanwhile four places are still available to rate twenty twelve for coyle fixtures also taking place this friday and former russian manager to sitting is hoping to leads turkey to a first leg advantage as they host croatia. very keen to play these two matches. of course against the well respected opponent an opponent who has also history with turkey in their in the past. but i think it's a well respected opponent because they are. presenting themselves well in an international level. well elsewhere on friday bosnia and herzegovina who finished

one point behind france in group d. over a take on portugal the wedge that norway on their head to head record around the world u.s. national side montenegro were second doing landing group and they go to the czech republic who finished behind spain while a stony i became the likes of serbia and slovenia to finish runs off in group c. they take on holland who are second to russia. and while here in russia sports most of its ultimate co says the cities that will host the twenty eighteen world cup matches will be decided next year for a football extravaganza that is it estimated to cost between six hundred to eight hundred million dollars. we've established the final criteria for choosing series that will host the world cup next to the committee will name the eleven suitors and twelve stereo's together with we've decided to make it to board budget the first will be until twenty four teen and the second full of following four years the

total sum will be around six to eight hundred million dollars and this budget is for denies ing and holding the world cup for boxing now is the man widely regarded as the world's best pounds a pound fighter will step on to the canvas this saturday as manny pacquiao once again takes on the w.b. i welterweight belt at stake the excitement is mounting in last vegas as pack as army of fans hopes to get a glimpse of the filipino as he arrived in nevada the thirty two year old posts a record of fifty three victories and just two defeats he's also am frightened to have changed titles in eight different weight divisions back out and marcus has met twice before the first bat in two thousand and four ended in a draw before packing and a split decision victory three years ago and is considered a strong seven to one favorite thirty eight year old mexican marquez is promising a great show. and other people knows me i don't know why i don't like doc you know

tailoring i do my job in the rain i prepare myself very very hard and i won because i want to give another great show i know a great fight all the people especially all the mexican people around the world it's going to be a good fight because. we train hard. we do our best interesting and so we can give a good fight on saturday so. i think everything is. it's all said and ready to fight on saturday. meanwhile triple world heavyweight belt holder of the demure to go has been speaking about the late joe frazier the former undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion who died on monday at the age of sixty seven and says smoking joe will never be forgotten. again the full or we have lost a legend but joe frazier will remain a legend and he will keep on living for eternity because his fans and all athletes

will keep him in their memory over generations i'm sure because everything huge including his will of the olympic games cannot be taken away from history that will only be familiar to golf now where jared lyle led the australian open by one shot after the opening day with former world number one tiger woods just three strokes further back well allow was the surprise leader after finishing the first round with a seven under par sixty five history incest up an eagle on a par five forty here well placed second shot taking one shot lead into the second round well after a slow start woods got going on the back nine placing his second shot with a birdie range in the past four ten and fourteen time major winner ended the day with a share of eight strasse after carving his first pokey from ground in nine months sinking four birdies for an opening round of sixty eight buss it was john daly who made the headlines due for the wrong reasons the forty five year old american made an embarrassing exit walking off the course midway through the first round the

cheers i major when i quit after hitting six balls into the water on the eleventh day and on his way at pains girlfriend and darkest took a swipe at a photographer. and finally to the ice where we continue our profile of clubs from your strongest talking make the catch l well this season has been a baptism of fire for slacking little boys left paul pratt but says robert reports the lions are as fired up as that team song. shut. down. need a sea lift like their club anthem the pride of slow guys hockey are rocking and rolling with the best in europe strongest leads the team which are based in

a small city of call for a joint the k. chill this isn't formally a club from a called the border left to move to slim oculus year to check on his hogan solution wouldn't allow them to join the kitchen on the lines haven't had the best of starts claiming just seven wins out of twenty two games. one of the probable reasons for them being that not only their opponents but the routine themselves have had to get used to a new home to pull for the ring on this most ice rink in the league a little just but over is still more comfortable for us to play own big rinks like in russia just three of our players used to the small rink we have here the others have to adapt to our home arena as soon as they do we'll hopefully start winning more with the wind or not there is no lack of support here as the steady him is always packed out with fans passionately supporting their new idols i have like

almost sold out every game. great for the fans they are right for. all the slovakia people and probably for the czech people down but a lot of people from. republican. they come and see them love these the nazis the players only syllable for advice the slow expand dances in vienna chill and play a couple fears for superstars in the kitchen to be much better life play by play if that's against against a russian to say on that flight a good play and they have somebody that i saw so you have to be safe you have to stay stay skate if you don't stay because you don't skate you take the king bed all day and sell a bed at other starmen in rugby rule xcor include martin and kept. both players knew exactly what it takes to compete at the top level. yes we have

a lot of young players like experience although it does not mean we're weak team we've lost a lot of points that we could have secured but i believe we still have what it takes to make the players take simon and we have to build our club we have to get maybe a few couple new players you know at the level that they played before you know the cage challenge so they can you know add a little more experience or club and help the young kids to you know adapt to this level and i think like i said if we're going to be patient i think we're going to see see some good things coming out of the corporate learns maybe still far from being done with the ball there is no denying hard work down hundreds did use the match winning why it's needed now robert ford in their own party blueprint slovakia . has a list i think. in

the united kingdom she's available in the house bill and the forty one hotel the old waverly hotel they can also tell the millstone hutto some country house holiday is the full old goldman tells the room brant the crew made the choice to feel the montague hotel the royal palm the ruben's hotel.

signed sealed and still live it says access into the world trade organization is finally agreed to eighteen years in the making for me in geneva in just a moment. says the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation on greek streets over the perceived also get more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources over the findings of the un's atomic watchdog spalled fresh concern. nuclear program our top stories this hour. internationalising coming live from moscow this is all to be with you twenty four hours a day.