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Russia
says Iran must attend international Geneva confab on Syria
Russia
says Iran plays a key role in resolving the crisis in Syria,
underlining the need for the participation of the Islamic Republic in
an upcoming international conference on Syria in Geneva.
14
May, 2013
“While
Moscow calls for [the] participation of more members including Syria
neighboring countries, Iran and Saudi Arabia in the second round of
talks [in Geneva], Washington is trying to decrease the number of
these participating countries and replace them with those countries
who are supporting the militant groups in Syria,” Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Al-Mayadeen TV on
Monday.
At
a joint press conference in Moscow on May 7, the Russian foreign
minister and US Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to encourage the
Syrian government and the foreign-backed militants to find a
political solution to the crisis.
Moscow
and Washington agreed to hold an “international peace conference”
on Syria, which will serve as a follow-up to an earlier Geneva
meeting, which was held in June 2012.
Commenting
on the agreement between Moscow and Washington over the conference,
Lavrov said that nothing would be changed in this regard, but there
were some differences among parties over the details of the
international peace conference.
The
Russian foreign minister also condemned the move by the Arab League
to hand Syria’s seat to the foreign-backed opposition, saying the
decision was a “big obstacle for achieving peace in Syria.”
Lavrov
also dismissed claims that Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah
had interfered in Syria.
The
unrest in Syria began in March 2011; many people, including large
numbers of Syrian soldiers and security personnel, have been killed
in the violence. The Syrian government says that the chaos in the
country is being orchestrated from outside.
Syria
not to be part of efforts harming its sovereignty: Minister
Syria's
Information Minister Omran al-Zo'bi says his country will not be part
of any effort that harms its sovereignty, in an apparent reference to
the planned conference on the Middle Eastern country due in Geneva.
The
Syrian minister also added that only the Syrian people are to decide
about the country’s presidency.
Israel
PM Netanyahu to visit Russia's Putin on Tuesday for Syria talks
JERUSALEM
(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will fly to
Russia on Tuesday for talks about the Syria crisis, Israeli officials
said.
Netanyahu
would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Black Sea resort
of Sochi and return to Israel by evening, the beginning of a major
Jewish festival, they said.
Israel
is concerned that Russia plans to sell Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad an advanced air defense system that could complicate any
foreign intervention in the more than two-year-old insurgency that
has killed tens of thousands.
Russia
said on Friday it had no new plans to sell an advanced air defense
system to the Assad government but left open the possibility it could
deliver the S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems under an existing
contract.
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