to be a stall civil war more than three thousand people are reported to have died in the eight month old uprising ortiz been speaking to the country's deputy foreign minister about the ongoing crisis and the interview is next on r.t. . facts about nick that serious deputy foreign minister thank you very much for being with us today sir happy to be with you now according to human u.n. 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 number

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 martyrs from the army and the secret to fix do you think this is the correct approach absolutely not. yes many civilians were killed assess in ated but people have to ask the question who killed them and why they were killed because 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 cannot violate the law if the demo stations were not there so these are the cases however we believe the killing of a single pierce is too much he believes that life of one person is already crucial and this question if they still keep taking place 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'll 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 road 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 under instructions of president as it on the use of social media i also that the conflict between the ruling 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 they are trying to mislead the syrian people to mislead the international public opinion to speak about certain issues which meant 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 to 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 i think it's not touching syria are 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 libyan people i think even if gadhafi lives a 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 that 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 custom audience of sudanese and 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 cas 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 terrorist groups but we believe money is coming from these comes

from an unofficial set goals our appeal to our brothers and sisters in all these countries is not to allow that because and 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 we are the we are ready for prison that assad has put on the table a comprehensive plan. but it forms so the whole process is

a matter of three four months and then the new c.e.o. will emerge thank you very much. thank you. for. a very warm welcome to you this is your news today protesters on the walls printer they are. ladies and gentlemen. to get the status of the human experiment. in this run. libby trial local economy and it's all came to us financial template. to

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top stories this hour good things come to those who wait nearly two decades of debate russia finally gets the green light to join the global trading system. athens announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new prime minister sparking fresh indignation on greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to be used relentless bureaucratic machine. israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources up to the findings of the un's atomic bomb the first concern over nuclear program. for the sport news is next with kate stay with us live here on. hello welcome to the sports roundup this thursday night thank you for joining me

and here are the headlines you look russia coach dick advocaat denies conceding to media pressure bottle strike up to the super receives a first call up ahead of friday's friendly with greece. while jim acosta we look at russia's opponents greece and discover how sport is healthier the recession hit country something to cheer about. our ups and downs jared loughner led tiger woods is on the hunt but john daly quit after finding the water six times on an eventful first day at the australian open. we start with football and russia coach dick out of the car denies giving in to media pressure for more use in the team after calling up sponsor moscow forward our films over for 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 of all progress in iraq he was out for a month after picking up an injury while training with a shotgun side was the best part actually leading the joint top scorer joins

a fellow forward alexander got a call in from dinamo moscow as two new faces in a usually unchanged russia side but insists their call ups were because they both reached the appropriate level. when a blow is good enough to come into the squad i will do it but i don't do it when the media start asking about it only endured when a few it is necessary. that we have new young players there's a reason to. do young players. well meanwhile the country of greece has been grabbing the headlines all around the world over the past few weeks for all the wrong reasons due to the state of its economy and it seems the financial crisis has been affecting sport in greece as well however as richard van portrait found that sport has been able to give this football and basketball mad country something to cheer about. scenes like these have been all too common in greece recently while the world watches as the country's economy falls further and further into despair

and for the greek national football teams hold here some of us who plays his club football in scotland he says it's hard to watch what is happening to his country. to be in the headlines it's. one thing you know to see your content. negative headlines. our whole family here care about them all falls on the same as possible mcconville. the problems. is not. strong local country strong play. innocent things go through. this nation has always been at the forefront of european club football and basketball competitions however leading teams such as puff and i cosigned olympiacos are finding it more and more difficult to hold on to their best player is one such example is meals to your dosage a serbian point guard had been

a heartbeat of olympiakos for four years however during the summer he moved to sas come moscow his former club couldn't afford him. the amoco billows brothers own olympiacos the basketball club well the football side olympiacos was a runaway that. these teams were their toys and they burned their money into them before their financial crises with now even they don't want to spend their money down global as brothers wanted to quit supporting a course but after fans rights they decided not to leave the club in this situation which feeling between greece and sports goes back centuries even thousands of years since the country has given so much to sports but one could even say the country helped invent the idea of the principle of organized competitions for the first ever olympics held in a limp in seven. hundred seventy six b.c. well greece would also hold the first ever modern olympics in one thousand nine

hundred six both times and obviously changed camus is one of the country's more modern stadiums where greece will take on russia in a friendly much on friday great fans a summer's passionately in europe and even despite the economic crisis which is crippling their country they still turning out in the tens of thousands to watch my favorite teams play but said a crowd of only fifteen thousand is expected to watch russia's friendly game on friday but the small turnout has little to do with the current economic situation. after winning euro two thousand and four the national side is something really special for the greeks but the club culture is much more developed and the rivalry between the olympiakos promethean i course. is more important when then defending champions of two thousand and six easily came to play in greece only five thousand people turn up to see the strongest national side in the world. without dad

supporters playing a vital role in helping the people of greece through this very difficult period of their lives and their heroes understand they have an important role to play in helping to boost the morale of the local population cannot put. support for the. people. of their sport. greece and all the people living. for the health problems. like a pianist. to give it to give them happiness to give them. so they can escape from the problems of greece may be on the verge of leaving the euro currency but they are very much still in the euro two thousand and twelve championships seven years ago they shot the continent has altered the hog's men when. terms when the tournament next year will be playing in poland and ukraine and

what a boost it would be to the people of greece a better side to repeat the heroics of two thousand and four richard n. bolles lead r.t. athens. stay with football and for places a still available next summer zero twenty twelve championships with four playoff fixed is also taking place this friday and former russian manager has hiddink is hoping to lead turkey to a first leg advantage as they host croatia. they are very keen to play these two make cheese. of course against the well respected opponent an opponent who has also history with the key in their in the past. but i think gauge 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.

they take on portugal who edged that norway on their head to head record while the world the u.s. national side montenegro they were second to england in greece and they go to the czech republic to finish behind spain while a stay at hero became the likes of serbia answer the finnish bonus up to see a take on ireland the second to russia. while here in russia sports minister vitaly what coast says the city is that will host the twenty eighteen world cup matches were decided next year for a football extravaganza that is estimated to cost between six hundred to eight hundred million dollars. we've established that while great too if we're choosing series that will host the world cup next to the committee will name the eleven suitors and twelve stereos together with we've decided to make it to board budget the first will be until twenty fourteen and the second full of fooling for years the total sum will be around six to eight hundred million dollars and this budget

is borgen izing and holding the world cup. boxing now and the man widely regarded as the world's best pound for pound fighter will step on to the canvas this saturday as manny pacquiao once again takes on marcus with the w b o welterweight belt at stake the excitement is mounting in asp a casus backyard army of fans hope to get a glimpse of the filipino as he arrived in nevada the thirty two year old boasts a record of fifty three victories and just two defeats he's also the only fighters who have claimed titles in eight different weight divisions here in markus have met twice before the first ballot in two thousand and four ended in a draw for pacquiao a split. decision victory three years ago and what is considered the strong seven to one favorite thirty eight year old mexican marquez is promising a great show. and other people knows me i don't lie i don't like talk 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 another great fright all the people especially all the mexico people around the world it's going to be a good fight because. we train hard. we do our best interest so we can get a good fight on saturday so. i think everything is. it's all ready to fight on saturday. and finally to golf where jared loughner led the australian open by one shot ahead of the second day with former world number one tiger woods just three strokes further back well it was a surprise later after finishing the first round with a seven under par sixty five history and set up an eagle here on the par five fourteenth after a well placed second shot and takes a one shot lead into the second round well after

a slow start woods got going on the back nine placing his second shot within birdie range on the par four tenth and the fourteen time major winner ended the day with a share of eight spot after carding his first bogey free round in line months for birdies for an opening round of sixty eight but it was john daly who made the headlines and for all the wrong reasons the forty five year old american made an embarrassing exit walking off the course midway through the first round the series i'm major when i quit after hitting a six balls into the water from the eleventh day and on his way out davies girlfriend that kiss took a swipe at a photographer. and that's all the sports news for this evening.

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signed sealed and delivered it's russia's access into the world trade organization is finally agreed after eighteen years in the making for me in geneva in just a moment. or so this athens announces the veteran vice president of the european central bank as its new premier sparking indignation greek streets over the perceived loss of yet more sovereignty to the e.u. . israel may strike iran by the end of december that's according to reports citing british intelligence sources off the findings of the un's atomic watchdog sparked fresh concern over to ron's nuclear program the top stories the. international news in comment.