The U.S. special envoy to Syria Daniel Rubenstein , via TV Orient News, a message to the Syrian people on the occasion of his new position as successor to the U.S. ambassador Robert Ford . He began his directing tribute to the Syrians during which he said : hello Im Daniel Rubenstein special envoy to Syria , and I would like to acknowledge the Syrian people on the first day for me in the office. , And of course resolved this week, the third anniversary of the start of the Syrian revolution , a revolution of freedom and dignity. He ( Rubenstein ) : The demands of the Syrian people who came out in mass demonstrations in 2011 demands are simple: freedom and dignity . , The response of their government was clear and ruthless : that Assad was ready to do anything in order to stay in power. The U.S. envoy ( Rubenstein ) to mean the Syrians by the repression of the Assad regime : On this occasion , let us recall and venerate all those who have suffered as a result of what he has done the Assad regime . All the innocent men and women and children who were forced to leave their homes , and were subjected to humiliation and arrested , tortured and injured and killed and maimed . three years of pain unimaginably and lasting consequences . said this week is in fact suitable very sad reminder realistic for all of us to work , which is still in front of us - and that the United States will stand with you , as long as the response of the Assad regime unjust , let it be Justice greatest strength . thank you. Mr. Daniel Rubenstein , he officially assumed the post of special envoy for the United States to Syria today in the March 17 / March 2014 in the month of March / March 2014, before he took to his present assignment , Mr. Rubenstein served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research . As a member of a high-level in the Foreign Service , he held Mr. Rubenstein served as Consul General and Chief of Mission in Jerusalem from 2009 to 2012, and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Amman , Jordan, from 2005 to 2008, and head of the civilian monitors in the Multinational Force and Observers in the Sinai , Egypt . And previously worked as director of the Office of Israeli and Palestinian affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2005 . Mr. Rubenstein and served from 1989 to 2004 in a number of other positions , including work in foreign diplomatic missions in Damascus and Brasilia , Tunisia and Luanda and Tel Aviv , in addition to his work with the Coalition Provisional Authority in Baghdad , Iraq . He also served ( Rubenstein ) in Washington, both in the Office of Near Eastern Affairs and the Bureau of Intelligence and Research . The Prize winner ( Herbert Salzman ) for excellence in economic performance and a number of international awards and honors Merit Award ( Sinclair ) to the language of the American Foreign Service Association . And foreign languages , which are spoken Arabic, Hebrew and Portuguese . Mr. Rubenstein graduate of the University of California at Berkeley . Daniel Rubenstein , is a Arabists who knew the Middle East through long service in different capitals led him to Tel Aviv and Tunis , Amman and Damascus . Worth ( Rubenstein ) from his predecessor, Ambassador ( Robert Ford ) a heavy legacy , where Ford was opposed to armed action , but it also was not convinced that the negotiation with the system could result in resolving the conflict , but in the end sided fully to the view of UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and became Aldhagtin the national Coalition for the post , also participated in the threat the Syrians to leave on their own if they do not participate , and after two rounds of failed negotiations, Ford decided to Geneva or may have been disqualified by the U.S. administration for the management of the Syrian file . Few know of ( Rubenstein ) views , especially on the Syrian issue , and maybe it is just a bureaucratic contributes to the management of the crisis that not possess manage any perception to solve except for confirmation on the occasion or no occasion that he does not have a military victory in this conflict , and urged both sides to negotiate without preconditions, without the use of tools pressure on the regime and its allies to accept the settlement .
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 14:40:37 +0000