foreign minister lavrov was asked about why russia is blocking a u.n. initiative to condemn the syrian president assad foreign minister lavrov said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely this free syrian president and the syrian government and president assad in moscow sees it as the wrong attitude he said it sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they remain insistent the situation it's getting critical of the west will sort of come to help our. the way it is happening in libya minister lavrov said it's unacceptable that the opposition should resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters in from engaging in armed clashes and effectively turning them into targets of the police and security forces . and here is what he said on this you know diplomacy does not exist to condemn and stars on the musical scores its goal is to solve problems but just condemning people without any solution will not lead to anything and i'm sure that for the destiny of the regio

sort of libya there was some of the european politicians that's according to foreign minister lavrov has just been holding talks with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in washington as i promised earlier when i get the latest on these talks from marty's going to challenge she is in the american capital going there was plenty to discuss of course and global issues among the two countries a lot of issues covered. well yes and with regards to libya foreign minister lavrov said colonel gadhafi must step down and there is no place for him in the future of and that's the view shared by the obama administration as well as we could see from the statements made by hillary clinton but russia criticizes the scope of the foreign intervention in libya moscow sees the actions of the allied forces as a violation of the un mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want foreign minister lavrov was asked about why russia is blocking a u.n. initiative to condemn the syrian president assad to avoid minister lavrov said the attitude of the

who will come to help them the way it is happening in libya mr lavrov said it's unacceptable that the opposition would resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and effectively turning them into targets for the police and security forces take a listen going to deploy. diplomacy exists not to condemn and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and naked condemnation without proposing any solution won't lead us to any breakthrough neither in syria nor in any other place there is a good example of how we are all dealing with the situation in yemen no one's tripos into condemning anyone or adult the u.n. security council resolution supporting one or another signs everyone is there to sign down and hold negotiations dance a responsible approach that we hope will prevail well on bilateral issues there have been some agreements and disagreements as usual but top diplomats bravely focused on agreements both pointed out the positive and constructive mode in which the cooperation between the two countries is going on many issues in the las

hardly be in camp a with lavrov saying russia has less disagreement on the matter whether u.s. and with some european countries or he's going to stick out brings us more on this visit. with regards to leave both russia and the us have the view that colonel gadhafi must step down and that the leaders should be able to choose their future leader it's the path towards those aims that moscow and washington disagree on the world russia criticizes the scope of the into the foreign intervention in libya possible sees the actions of the allied forces forces there as a violation of the un mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want foreign minister lavrov was also asked about why russia is blocking a u. and they should have to condemn the syrian president assad he said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president all side of moscow sees it as sees it as the wrong attitude question says it sends the wrong message to the syrian opposition pro

while she's gone and should she come there will the main aim of sergei lavrov visit to the u.s. has been mediating the peace talks between israel and the palestinians has called for more international cooperation to jumpstart the stored peace process let's talk . detail with dr andrew kuchins from the center for strategic and international studies in washington thanks where this. representative from the arab league should be present at the quartet meetings does that mean now that russia the u.s. and the european union and the united nations are rethinking their peacemaking attempts in the current format. well i think that there is some realization amongst all the all the parties mentioned there that given the lack of progress in the in the peace process that we need to do some some rethinking i heard foreign minister lavrov speak this morning at the roast the russian embassy and while he was not. extremely disappointed with the the talks of the quartet i think he acknowledged that. to some degree it was understandable why progress was not made and i think we need to spend some m

bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new plan foreign minister lavrov said russians need a legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words in a legally binding document are better but again no specific comments on that yet. then it's countered. boarding there well we're here live for you twenty four seven but for even more news and videos just go to our website r.t. dot com here's a taste of what some are right now. find out why i am monuments to the first man in space you are you daryn will be unveiled friday the very heart of london. and it's a happy ending for an escape constrictor which brought fear when i was last in russia city are calling brad long and hard to learn how to meter long snakes locked away in the first place. the currency crisis gripping the e.u. has taken a turn for the worse as italy's spurred by a string of ruinous market downturns begins

over libya with some of its european partners that's according to foreign minister sergei lavrov who held talks with u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton in washington well let's get the latest from our current she's in the american capital going there was plenty of the sky global issues between the two countries and. well yes with regards to leave here both russia and the u.s. have the view that colonel gadhafi must step down and that leaves should be able to choose their future leader it's the path towards those aims that moscow and washington disagree on your world russia criticizes the scope of the into the foreign intervention in libya the actions of the allied forces forces there as a violation of the u.n. mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want for a minister was also asked about why russia is blocking a u. and they should have to condemn the syrian president assad he said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president all si

conflict in libya has been raised in washington on a visit there russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that colonel gadhafi has no future in a new libya must go not is going to change you can reports foreign minister lavrov said colonel gadhafi must step down and there is no place for him in levy his future and that's a view shared by the obama administration as well we support the if we can you know initiative to start negotiations between the representative of three put it for a present a two for three bullet and representatives of the guys in transitional national council on the understanding that gadhafi. of course would not have any place in the future libya. and that the fish yourself would not participate in those discussions he also repeated that moscow sees the actions of the allied forces there as violation of the u.n. mandate he said that the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as you can do whatever you want but there must be limits to an intervention what moscow sees is the west now clearly taking sides in a civil war and expanding on the conflict the u.s. missile

thoughts colonel gadhafi has no future new libya must go so says russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov is on a mission to washington right now if he's going to this is there for us he joins us live garny hi there very definite statement there for the minister isn't it well exactly foreign minister lavrov said colonel gadhafi must step down and there is no place for him in leave years future and that's a view shared by the obama administration as well but saying that mr lavrov has also criticized the scope of the international intervention in libya take a listen. we support the if we can the union initiative to start negotiations between the representative of three people represent the chiefs of three billion representatives of the benghazi transitional national council on the understanding that the definition self of course would not have any place in the future libya. and that qaddafi yourself would not participate in those discussions . he also repeated that moscow sees the actions of the allied forces there as violation of the un mandate he said that the resolution is being wrongly

foreign minister lavrov is meeting president obama this morning and it's taking place the meeting is taking place behind closed doors so there's no way from knowing what they're actually discussing it could be the weather but they are definitely more pressing issues and one of the most irritating ones in the relations between the two countries is america's missile defense plans in europe president obama has scrapped the bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new one foreign minister lavrov said where should be for a legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explained this urge their washer has been getting everything on paper with promises in the past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards its borders but it did it continued recording new members so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words even

of course for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russia needs for him legally binding guarantees that the european missile defense project will not threaten russia security there has been words before washington has many times said that the system would not be against russia but moscow needs to have it on paper some analyst explained that this urge that russia has been getting everything on paper with promises into power that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards these borders but it did it can do it continued recruiting new members of the bottom line is words are good but words even legally binding agreement are better foreign minister lavrov said that's probably the most irritating issue in the relations between the two countries and there is a huge desire to live it behind and to rather turn it into an area of cooperation. this is odd to you still ahead for you we look at the continuing saga of u.k. reporters of the believe taking people's private information we ask could th

bush administration missile defense plans but they're going ahead with a new one foreign minister lavrov said where she needs legally binding guarantees that the project will not threaten russia's security washington has made reassuring statements before but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explained this urge their washer has for getting everything on paper with promises in the past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed or she was assured that nato would not be expanding towards its borders but it did it continued recording new members so there is an understanding among the russians that words are good but words even legally binding document are better on international issues there are certain disagreements and the are being discussed with regards to leave you for example for the lever of said colonel qaddafi must step down and there's no place for him in the future of libya and that's exactly view shared by the obama administration as well but russia criticizes the scope of the foreign intervention in libya moscow sees the actions of the alli

foreign minister lavrov said colonel gadhafi must step down and there is no place for him in levy his future and that's a view shared by the obama administration as well we support the if we can you know initiative to start negotiations between the representatives of three representatives of three pollutants representatives so the big guys in the national council on the understanding that good definition of course would not have any place in the future. and the future would not participate. discussions he also repeated that moscow sees the actions of the allied forces there as violation of the un mandate he said that the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as you can do whatever you want but there must be limits to any intervention what moscow sees is the west now clearly taking sides in a civil war and extending the conflict to u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of course up for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russia for legally binding guarantees that the european missile defense project will not threaten russia's security there has been words be

on the libyan crisis than with some european countries that's the view of foreign minister sergei lavrov after talks with the u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton what is going to try and brings us more now from our washington bureau. with regards to leave here both russia and the u.s. have the view that colonel gadhafi must step down and that the leaders should be able to truce their future leader it's the power towards those aims that moscow and washington disagree on. the world russia criticizes the scope of the into the foreign intervention in libya possible sees the actions of the allied forces forces there is a violation of the un mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want foreign minister lavrov was also asked about why russia is blocking a u. and should have condemned the syrian president assad he said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and president all side of moscow sees it as sees it as the wrong attitude cautious says it says th

sees the actions of the allied forces the forces there is a violation of the un mandate minister lavrov said the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as anyone can do whatever they want foreign minister lavrov who was also asked about why russia is blocking a u.i. an initiative to condemn the syrian president assad he said the attitude of the west is exclusively about exerting pressure on one of the parties namely the syrian government and present all side of moscow sees it as sees it as the wrong attitude russia says it says the wrong message to the syrian opposition prompting them to believe that if they were the main is system then the situation keeps getting critical the west will come to help them the way it is happening in libya mr lavrov said it's unacceptable that the opposition would resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and if actively turning them into a carcass for the police and security forces take a listen there is a. diplomacy exists not to condemn and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and make it conde

well exactly foreign minister lavrov said colonel qaddafi must step down and there is no place for him in leave years future and that's a view shared by the obama administration as well but saying that there is a lever of has also criticized the scope of the international intervention in libya take a listen we support the effort and you know and you should have to start negotiations between the representative of three representatives of three presidents representative some very good guys the transitional national council on the understanding that the efficiency of of course would not have any place in the future of libya. and the efficiency of would not participate in googs discussions. he also repeated that moscow sees the actions of the allied forces there as violation of the un mandate he said that the resolution is being wrongly interpreted as you can do whatever you want but there must be limits to any intervention what moscow sees is the west now clearly taking sides in a civil war and extending the conflict all right another subject now the u.s. undersecretary of state said mond

why the humanitarian mission and where that stands now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov was the here in our teeth studios and he was doing an interview for both of russia the radio station and this is what he said about the toll of the airstrikes on civilians i want to play that their strokes themselves girl will get you're going through. some residential what those have been few and it's a cause of concern because the main goal of the resolution is not to shoot they're against was the reason for the civilian population it's exactly the protection of the civilians and the civilians suffering boards through go through forces and from the forces of the coalition. so we think that civilians are suffering because of the coalition and it's something that i've had many people on my show speaking about as well and talking about money to connect the money and the war efforts as you know we're been trying to do this is cost like three hundred sixty eight million dollars that could fund a lot of more productive humanitarian efforts you could argue an example prices for the price of the ta

foreign minister sergei lavrov says the u.n. security council shouldn't be contemplating taking action against syria while stake ignoring what he calls a civil war taking place in yemen more or not so that later on. and broadcasting live direct from the heart of moscow this is our team certainly glad to have you with us let's take a look at your top stories greece has voted on a second bill in the final step towards implementing the next wave of austerity measures it's the last hurdle that athens has to jump to qualify for a new stack of european bailout funds the plan has met heavy public resistance with two days of rioting that's left more than three hundred people injured financial journalist dimitri kovtun us right in the middle of the action in seeing tod must square. we saw chemicals used that were not just here gas we saw illegal chemical use like a fixed fixating agents and things of that nature you had massive amounts of police brutality and the films all over the all of the internet stand as evidence for that you had p

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russian foreign minister sergei lavrov described talks on a missile defense shield in europe as long and not going as smoothly as it was expected while speaking here separate press conference secretary general of nato rasmussen has never promised that those talks will simply happen overnight explains that the reason why our sectoral anti-missile defense shield for participation of russia is impossible is because nato cannot delegate the security of nato countries to a third party russian foreign minister sergei lavrov but if a sexual anti-missile defense shield is not a possible option and perhaps there are other ones. we would like to reach an agreement which would allow us to work together without any additional risks that will strengthen strategic stability rather than undermine it we would like to have a guarantee that missile defense systems are not aimed against russia we're not asking for unilateral guarantees we would like all the members of the russian legal council to agree that missile defense will not pose any threats to the security of any of the participants. three gene

main irritant behind a wide and chasm in russia to american relations by foreign minister sergey lavrov the u.s. has brushed off moscow's concerns over the project maintaining the shields only to protect against attacks from rogue states but some say it's taking advantage of post salvia didn't is to see it through parties gun it should count reports. u.s. missile defense plans in europe are of course up for discussion here in washington foreign minister lavrov said russian news for him legally binding guarantees that the european missile defense project will not threaten russia's security there has been words before washington has many times said that the system would not be against russia but moscow needs to have it on paper some analysts explained that this urge that russia has been getting everything on paper with promises in the past that were not fulfilled for example when the soviet union collapsed russia was assured that nato would not be expanding towards these borders but he did condemn it continued recruiting new members of the bottom line is words are good but words in a lega

say happy to all of our joins us live in moscow a pizza ha it's interesting timing isn't it with lavrov due in washington next week i would have to be have to say. well i suppose with rain here in the russian capital the russian foreign minister has been pouring scorn over what he sees as a cynical. development as cynical developments in the ongoing military campaign in libya and the ongoing situation there now he made reference to the. the bombing campaign in libya is currently by nato has currently gone on longer than the bombing campaign against by the same organization against certain parts of the former yugoslavia. nato is bombing libya longer that it was bombing yugoslavia several years ago and there is no end in sight it's obvious that politics is a cynical matter we hear from the western capitals that the bombing should go on until gadhafi backs off but the human cost of these political statements is very high. so foreign minister lavrov didn't end there talking about libya he also went on to discuss the relationship between russia and the united kingdom saying that despite repo

bottom line is words are good but words even legally binding agreement are better foreign minister lavrov said that's probably the most irritating issue in the relations between the two countries and there is a huge desire to live it behind and to rather turn it into an area of cooperation for some drone that being created on the basis of. national design of missile defense which was not accepted by is a reasonable way to restore its received is doing that purpose ok in the system so you want to stick to the original. parts of the system which we agreed to respect for the strategics the beautiful but then short the strategic stability here and there was through the jugular symbols of the participants of the system russia has offered building the missile shield in europe together but that offer was turned down nato says russia can protest that page but it can't be a drawing project because russia is not part of nato to that moscow says if that's the case let's base our relations on agreements not just words the shield itself according to the state department will have the whole of europe c

ambiguous interpretations of the un security council resolution on libya foreign minister sergei lavrov has also once again said the songlines in the syrian conflict should resolve their differences through dialogue anyway let's cross live now to our correspondent italian overcome by hughes out the foreign ministry for us. so has always been against military intervention in libya and voiced concerns over. the allies assisting one side in the conflicts. well indeed it is so and france was the first country to publicly it meet its air dropped two weapons to the libyan territory southwest of tripoli now they claim that they did it in order to how severely and still defend themselves and when it comes to protecting civilians that all measures are justified of course russia does not agree with that position and the french foreign minister said that there is a very good for in the u.n. security council's resolution regarding libya that allows them to do so and even though two foreign ministers have the same goal in the end of the day and that is of course peaceful and democratic libya russian

in a big us interpretations of the un security council resolution on libya foreign minister sergei lavrov has reiterated that the sides in the syrian conflict should resolve their differences through dialogue alone. there is across developments at the foreign ministry for. bronze was the first country to publicly it meet its air dropped weapons to the libyan territory southwest of tripoli now is a claim that they did it in order to how severely and still defend themselves and when it comes to protecting civilians than all measures are justified of course russia does not agree with that position and the french foreign minister said that there is a paragraph or four in the u.n. security council's resolution regarding libya that allows them to do so and even though two foreign ministers have the same goal in the end of the day and that is of course a peaceful and democratic libya russian foreign minister does not agree with the resolution itself. solution nine hundred seventy three contains chapter full which allows anyone to do anything this very champ's it was the cause of our problems wit