Beijing against sanctions on Syria

UNITED NATIONS / DAMASCUS - China expressed its opposition to
military intervention, or the introduction of new sanctions, to resolve
the situation in Syria as Beijing issued a travel alert and reminded its
citizens already in the country to step up security measures.

"We firmly oppose forcefully pushing for 'regime change', which
violates the purpose and principles of the UN Charter and the basic
norms governing international relations," Li Baodong, China's ambassador
to the United Nations, said during a Security Council debate on Syria
on Tuesday.

The council was debating an Arab League plan calling for an end to violence and for the Syrian president to step down.

Both China and Russia said that this resembled forced regime change.
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