Putin likens U.N. Libya resolution to crusade calls
2011-03-21T122400Z_01_BTRE72K0XQ100_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-LIBYA-RUSSIA
Putin, in the first major remarks from a Russian leader since a coalition of Western countries began air strikes in Libya, said that Muammar Gaddafi’s government fell short of democracy but added that did not justify military intervention.
“The resolution is defective and flawed,” Putin told workers at a Russian ballistic missile factory. “It allows everything. It resembles medieval calls for crusades.”
Putin said that interference in other countries’ internal affairs has become a trend in U.S. foreign policy and that the events in Libya indicated that Russia should strengthen its own defense capabilities.
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Posted by Andrew McCleese
on Mar 21 2011. Filed under Featured, Web-Only Content, World News.
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