俄羅斯否認改變敘利亞政策

Russia's foreign ministry says Moscow's policy on Syria has not changed, after a top diplomat was quoted as saying Syria's opposition may win its battles against President Bashar al-Assad.

The ministry, on Friday, said Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov had not made any statements or conducted "special interviews" with journalists over the past few days regarding Syria.

On Thursday, Russian media quoted him as saying Mr. Assad was increasingly losing control of his country's territory, and that an opposition victory could not be ruled out. It was seen as the first time Russia, a powerful Syrian ally, had acknowledged the Syrian government was beginning to crumble in its nearly two-year battle against anti-government forces.

But Russia's foreign ministry said Bogdanov was referring to the claims of the ``Syrian opposition and its foreign sponsors forecasting their quick victory over the regime in Damascus." It said Bogdanov made the remark to a Kremlin advisory body that was discussing issues in the Middle East and North Africa.俄羅斯外交部說，莫斯科的敘利亞政策沒有改變。此前媒體援引一名俄羅斯高級外交官的話說，敘利亞反政府武裝可能會打敗總統阿薩德。

俄羅斯外交部星期五說，過去幾天來，副外長波丹諾夫沒有就敘利亞問題發表任何聲明，也沒接受任何記者的專訪。

星期四，俄羅斯媒體引述這位副外長的話說，阿薩德正逐漸失去對國家的控制，不能排除反對派取得最終勝利的可能性。這個說法被解讀爲，敘利亞的這個強大盟友首次承認，敘利亞政府在接近兩年的打擊反政府武裝的交戰中已經開始崩潰。

但是俄羅斯外交部說，波丹諾夫所指的是敘利亞反對派及其外國支持者所預測的他們迅速戰勝大馬士革政權的說法。俄羅斯外交部說，波丹諾夫是對討論中東和北非問題的克里姆林宮一個顧問團說這番話的。