UN-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi (Photo:Mark Garten)

UN-Arab League special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has called for “real change” in Syria and the installation of a transitional government with full powers until elections can be held. He urged Syria on Thursday to form a government with all powers which assumes power during a period of transition, and added that transition period will end with elections. He did not specify a date for the envisaged elections, either presidential or parliamentary depending on what could be agreed. He added that the transition period should not lead to the collapse of the state and its institutions. Brahimi rejected an opinion saying that the UN should deploy a growing international peacekeeper forces in Syria to supervise a peace deal ending violence in Syria.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned of “bloody chaos” in Syria should peace talks led by Brahimi fail to end a 21 month conflict. The same day, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Saleh denounced Western countries put sanctions for the current crisis in Syria.