Foreign policy is good for all

Saudi Arabia is expected to circulate a draft resolution backing an Arab peace plan for Syria among UN General Assembly members on Friday. The Western media have highlighted Saudi Arabia's move to prove that the vetoing of a UN Security Council draft resolution by China and Russia on Feb 4 was "against the will of the Arab people".

The reason Western countries are hell-bent on magnifying the "humanitarian crisis" caused by the veto by China and Russia is obvious: they want to serve their self interests in the Middle East while blatantly ignoring the chaos their efforts at the UN could have created in the region and the suffering it would have resulted in for the people there.

Interestingly, the veto has sparked a debate in China too. While many praise China's move saying it did the right thing by confronting the US-led West, some say China should not have followed Russia, for it would damage China-US ties. Still others claim that the veto would hurt China's friendship with Arab countries.