Turkey plans new Syria initiative after UN 'fiasco'

ANKARA - Reuters

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. AFP photo

Turkey is preparing a new initiative with those countries who oppose the Syrian government, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday, describing China's and Russia's veto of a U.N. resolution on Syria a "fiasco".

"We are going to start a new initiative with those countries that stand by the people, not the Syrian government. We are preparing this," Erdogan told a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Ankara, giving no further details on the initiative.

"The process that occurred at the United Nations in relation to Syria is a fiasco for the civilised world," he said.