Washington (ANTARA News) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney blamed President Barack Obama for a "lack of leadership" on the crisis in Syria on Thursday and accused him of abdicating the U.S. role to the United Nations.

Romney turned the U.N. Security Council`s failure to approve a Western-backed resolution threatening sanctions against the Syrian regime into an assault on Obama`s foreign policy. Russia and China resisted U.S. pressure and vetoed the resolution, lapor Reuters.

"While Russia and Iran have rushed to support (Syrian President) Bashar al-Assad and thousands have been slaughtered, President Obama has abdicated leadership and subcontracted U.S. policy to Kofi Annan and the United Nations," Romney said in a statement. (C003)

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