Syrian leader sends message to Venezuela's Chavez

 
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photo -   The profile of a Syrian embassy employee is reflected in a framed image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at a local Venezuelan hotel, in Caracas, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The framed image was brought to the local hotel to serve as a backdrop for the news conference held by Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mokdad where he was to discuss a message for President Hugo Chavez from Syria's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
The profile of a Syrian embassy employee is reflected in a framed image of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad at a local Venezuelan hotel, in Caracas, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The framed image was brought to the local hotel to serve as a backdrop for the news conference held by Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal al-Mokdad where he was to discuss a message for President Hugo Chavez from Syria's government. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

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His visit came as a U.N. committee overwhelmingly approved a resolution strongly condemning "gross violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms" by Syrian authorities and government-controlled militias.

According to activists, some 40,000 people have been killed since March 2011 in Syria's conflict.

Neighboring Turkey, fearing a spillover of the civil war, has said a delegation of Turkish and NATO officials will start surveying sites for the possible deployment of Patriot missiles on its border with Syria.

Al Mokdad expressed concern about that possibility, saying his government hopes there is no act of "provocation on the part of Turkey or NATO."

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