Austrian president backs Obama, wishes for "Arab summer"

Austrian President Heinz Fischer has said, a month before presidential elections in the U.S., that we has supporting Barack Obama's reelection bid.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 01.10.2012.

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VIENNA Austrian President Heinz Fischer has said, a month before presidential elections in the U.S., that we has supporting Barack Obama's reelection bid. He told the Vienna daily Osterreich that he also told Obama during a conversation they had that "a clear majority of the Austrian Diaspora in America intends to vote for him". Austrian president backs Obama, wishes for "Arab summer" At the same time, Fischer expressed concern over the developments in the Arab region. "The Arab Spring" was, in his words, "a courageous uprising against dictators" - but so far "there has been no summer". Fisher said that some forces "that are certainly not friends of democracy and tolerance" have also been strengthened in the process. When it comes to the ongoing conflict in Syria, Fisher was skeptical about a possible military intervention. "Of course everyone is finding it difficult because of the many victims. I consider it necessary to support the UN mediator, negotiations and possibly impose further sanctions," he explained, adding that "experience has shown that military interventions cannot improve the situation permanently". Tanjug

Austrian president backs Obama, wishes for "Arab summer"

At the same time, Fischer expressed concern over the developments in the Arab region.

"The Arab Spring" was, in his words, "a courageous uprising against dictators" - but so far "there has been no summer".

Fisher said that some forces "that are certainly not friends of democracy and tolerance" have also been strengthened in the process.

When it comes to the ongoing conflict in Syria, Fisher was skeptical about a possible military intervention.

"Of course everyone is finding it difficult because of the many victims. I consider it necessary to support the UN mediator, negotiations and possibly impose further sanctions," he explained, adding that "experience has shown that military interventions cannot improve the situation permanently".

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