before along with the foreign minister of course and the head of the foreign intelligence service of course and the we this delegation was needed was really impressive we were going in a column in a convoy from the airport to damascus senate some point will be greeted by well i have to say was more than a hundred people it was a few thousand people who sort of lined up along the road carrying russian and syrian flags and chanting thank you russia thank you china and pro. bowl outside jazz goldens as well there were so many of them at some point the town where i actually had to stop. now we finally made it to president and the foreign minister said eleven also and we had of the foreign intelligence service for our pool of our delivering a message from president leave the music just to president assad now the contents of this message to a known in fact this is the meeting itself is now being held behind closed doors which you saw just about three or four minutes ago i was in the room with them the meeting started just with some award protocol and greeting words words from both sides ca

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and the head of the foreign intelligence service and held for of course have met with president assad and with syrian political elite and according to the foreign minister president assad says that he is ready for dialogue with the opposition with russia being the mediator now this stephen was me do right after the meeting in damascus earlier on tuesday by russia's foreign minister and we've already had a reaction from the syrian opposition specifically from a senior member of the syrian national council george summer who says that russia has strong enough time as would the syrian people and it's being the mediator actually may be quite effective still quite a positive reply there now the foreign minister sergei lavrov has also stressed once again that both sides of this conflict must put their weapons down immediately our approach is based on a clear and simple goal to stop civilian deaths the region needs peace syria needs peace it is clear that efforts to end the violence need to go along with the start of a meaningful dialogue between all po

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dialogue going off explains russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov when the end of the foreign intelligence service new met with president assad and with syrian political elite and according to the foreign minister president says that he is ready for dialogue with the opposition with russia being the media you know this stephen was me do.

consensus reached on saturday we did see russia's foreign minister and head of russia's foreign intelligence service visit damascus on tuesday to personally meet with syrian president bashar al assad that meeting proved to be successful in many ways because following the meeting foreign minister lavrov informed the press that president assad has agreed to talks with the opposition groups he has also agreed according to mr lavrov to follow the arab league's road map for increasing the number of observers in syria also president assad has agreed to send a government delegation to moscow which would meet with representatives of the opposition group now the syrian national council has agreed to allow moscow to mediate the roadmap for dialogue between the two sides this is an enormous positive sign considering the kind of standoff that the dividing parties have had in syria and the internet international community has had on reaching some type of consensus on how or how to approach the circumstance in a peaceful and fair manner now russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that moscow is committed to

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truly a spectacular scene as the convoy with the foreign minister and the head of the foreign intelligence service was the going from the airport to the president's policies in damascus it was greeted by thousands really thousands of people with flags with syrian flag so russian flags and chinese flags and many were chanting thank you russia and thank you china actually after that i spoke with some of the members of the delegation and they said at first they thought they just caught them they were caught in the middle of a nationwide holiday store spectacular this scene was just so really a massive crowd of people there were so many of them at some point the convoy even had to stop altogether. earlier i spoke with russia's ambassador to the united nations vitaly churkin who said the international community should make every effort to solve the syrian crisis through dialogue in order to avoid more bloodshed . every conflict. needs to be resolved the su negotiations there are two ways really in my view one is a frontal attack against the regime something which i'm afraid the has been happening latel

dialogue are going off explains russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov on the head of the foreign intelligence service neutral for of course has met with president assad and with syrian political elite and according to the foreign minister president says that he is ready for dialogue with the opposition with russia being the media you know this stephen was me to right after the meeting in damascus earlier on tuesday by russia's foreign minister and we've already had a reaction from the syrian opposition specifically from a senior member of the syrian council national.

all the syrian people now the foreign minister is accompanied by the head of the russian foreign intelligence service and they're here to deliver a message from president the community just to president assad now the contents of this message are still unclear there are still yet to be announced this is specifically aimed for president assad we do know that the aim of this message is to try to find ways out of the current crisis here in syria of course there is speculation into what exactly needed message contains example there's speculation coming out of washington than the united states holds russia in the air more than assad to step down but we did hear comments from the russian foreign ministry previously on similar matters and it basically said that changing foreign governments is not job for the foreign ministry its job is to work with for and other me now just so you a little bit about how the russian delegation was to meet here in syria right after the foreign ministers plane landed in syria and he is on why he was heading towards the mosque because it was greeted by several thousand you forwa

the syrian people now the foreign minister is accompanied by the end of the russian's foreign intelligence service and they're here to deliver a message from president new community just to president assad now the contents of this message are stew. in clear there are still yet to be announced now just to show you a little bit about how the russian delegation was to meet here in syria right after the foreign ministers plane landed in syria and as you said he is on what he was heading towards the moscow as it was greeted by several thousand youthful woods wasn't full and what you're going blends in with chinese flags and people were chanting thank you russia and things you try and agree with so many of them that at some point the convoy even had to pull together all of this is in like all the recent votes at the u.n. security council on the u.n. for a presentation on syria pulled forward by morocco and supported by the way it was viewed by russia and. you know on. one side of school. workers or. people there what. it was. called but it was their responsibility all to the right the government and the

attempts on his life for and measuredly war to a covered mainly by foreign intelligence services including allies of those in azerbaijan iran and ukraine or when he's trying to visit other countries don't know that really puts his life in that would be a real danger that has to be stressed although when he does travel around russia and moscow because a stanch or security entourage you see at least seven vehicles following him wherever he goes on the roads also traffic police usually lot down the roads that he's traveling on but of course this is all the more important becomes just before those presidential elections in the fall watch our correspondent jacob greaves they want to suss nation plots aside prime minister putin is gearing up for his presidential bid on sunday publishing his latest article outlining a vision of russia's future as he sees it and with a focus on foreign policy the premier slammed u.s. efforts to promote regime change in the arab world too. the recent events showed that the desire to impose democracy by force can and often does lead to opposite results leads to a ri

all the syrian people now the foreign minister is accompanied by the head of the russian foreign intelligence service and they're here to deliver a message from president he communicated to president assad now the contents of this message are still on clear there are still yet to be announced now just to show you a little bit about how the russian delegation was to meet here in syria right after the foreign ministers plane landed in syria and as you said he is on what he was heading towards the mosque as it was greeted by several thousand you forwards was in full and what union flags and with cheney's flags and people were chanting thank you washer and things you china agree with so many of them that at some point the conwell even had to pull together now all of this is in whitehall so the recent votes at the u.n. security council on the u.n. frappe resolution on syria foot forward by morocco and supported by the way it would be towed by russia and china on saturday due to its one sided approach has been. russia stands for both sides to put their weapons down and basically moscow has been painting fi

>> reporter: the report also said the pakistani intelligence service knows allbout taliban activities and the locations of their leaders. but the foreign minister of pakistan visited kabul today, and she said the claims were nothing more than "old wine in an even older bottle." don't think these claims are new. these claims have been made for many, many years and we all know the reasons for that. i think i can just disregard this as potentially strategically or otherwise. >> reporter: also today, nato said an afghan soldier shot and killed a coalition soldier in the south. an afghan commander said it was an accident, but afghan-on- coalition attacks have numbered six since december. and a pentagon report today counted more than 40 such incidents since 2007, with 70 coalition troops killed. in pakistan, fighting between militants and the military ratcheted up in a series of incidents. pakistani fighter jets bombed militants in a border region. the army reported up to 31 insurgents were killed. to the south, gunmen attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in baluchistan province, killing 11 soldiers. a separatist insurgency has raged there for

intelligence service known as isi. as the report puts it, isi officers tout the need for continued jihad and expulsion of foreign invaders from afghanistan. isi is aware of the activity and the whereabouts of senior taliban personnel. senior taliban leaders meet regularly with isi personnel who advise on strategy. a captured al qaeda commander put it more bluntly. pakistan knows everything, they control everything. i can't go to the bathroom without them watching. if there's any encouraging news in this document, it's that the taliban believes al qaeda is indeed a spent force and doesn't work with them much anymore. david martin, cbs news, the pentagon. >>> rescue efforts are under way in the south pacific where a ferry sank off the coast of new guinea. the ferry was traveling from new britain to the mainland in rough weather when it capsized. there were 350 people on board. more than 230 have been rescued. >>> now to politic. mitt romney is in hot water over comments he made about poor people in this kun kri. and newt gingrich is expected to get a big name endorsement today. tara mergener has details on that. good morni

operations of intelligence services from other countries or any attempts to penetrate your territory at least in recent years since the latest events in the arab countries began. you see foreign powers and other enemies are at work everywhere they might also be present in our country but we do not feel we should worry about this of course we should look out for superpowers and our enemies are attempting to interfere in the home affairs of arabic countries especially in syria and in all countries where the people are in charge of running their nations they must keep track of such attempts. at it always. has been about ts since the arab spring began at first even the iranian leadership hailed the movements in egypt in libya as expressing democratic sentiments now that one year is passed the attitude towards the events around your country has changed do you still believe those are people driven by their own democratic ideas or do you see hunt of other countries in the events of the arab spring. we support any popular movement. so long as people's demands are legitimate and the imperialistic regime of world supremacies is obviously trying to lead people away from the right path a

>> reporter: the report also said the pakistani intelligence service knows all about taliban activities and the locations of their leaders. but the foreign minister of pakistan visited kabul today, and she said the claims were nothing more than "old wine in an even older bottle." don't think these claims are new. these claims have been made for many, many years and we all know the reasons for that. i think i can just disregard this as potentially strategically or otherwise. >> reporter: also today, nato said an afghan soldier shot and killed a coalition soldier in the south. an afghan commander said it was an accident, but afghan-on- coalition attacks have numbered six since december. and a pentagon report today counted more than 40 such incidents since 2007, with 70 coalition troops killed. in pakistan, fighting between militants and the military ratcheted up in a series of incidents. pakistani fighter jets bombed militants in a border region. the army reported up to 31 insurgents were killed. to the south, gunmen attacked a paramilitary checkpoint in baluchistan province, killing 11 soldiers. a separatist insurgency has raged there for