中国和俄罗斯对美国指责他们在叙利亚问题上的立场作出愤怒的回应。与此同时，欧盟对叙利亚总统阿萨德政府实施新的制裁。中国外交部发言人洪磊星期一说，中国不能接受美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿对其他国家的谴责。克林顿上星期称中国和俄罗斯在叙利亚冲突问题中的立场是“卑鄙的”。中国有影响力的官方报纸《人民日报》说，美国没有权利替阿拉伯人民说话。
也是在星期一，俄罗斯总理普京也为中国和俄罗斯联手否决联合国安理会谴责叙利亚军事镇压反政府起义的决议进行辩护。俄罗斯和中国几次阻止安理会对叙利亚政府采取行动。其他方面，欧盟外长对叙利亚中央银行实施新的制裁，并冻结了数名叙利亚官员的资产。欧盟已经把将近150个叙利亚实体和个人列入黑名单。
China and Russia have responded angrily after the United States criticized their stance on Syria and the European Union imposed new sanctions on the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Monday China will not accept U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s denunciation of other countries. Last week, Clinton called the actions by China and Russia on the Syrian conflict “despicable.” An influential Chinese state newspaper, the People’s Daily, said the United States has no right to speak for the Arab people.
Also Monday, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin defended the joint veto by Russia and China of U.N. Security Council resolutions condemning Syria for its military crackdown against an anti-government uprising. Russia and China have repeatedly blocked the Security Council from taking action against Syria’s government. In another development Monday, EU foreign ministers imposed sanctions on Syria’s central bank and froze the assets of several Syrian government officials. The bloc has already blacklisted nearly 150 Syrian entities and people.