minister lavrov: distinguished mr. president, your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the 75th anniversary of the united nations, established as a result of victory in world war ii and the realization of a need for a collective mechanism to maintain national peace and security, unfortunately, this anniversary is getting closer -- regrettably, the events of the cold war that started afterwards prevented this tremendous creative potential from being unleased. the hope arose again when the berlin wall fell. it was the hope for the possibility to finally turn the not onlyages of war, hot wars, but cold ones, to turn into the benefit of all mankind. however, we have to admit, although world war iii was prevented thanks to the u.n., a number of conflicts on the planet have not declined and ended he is not needed. emerged.enges have international territorial, drug trafficking, illegal immigration, the growing gap between the rich and the poor. it is growing harder to address these and other challenges from year-to-year. the

foreign minister lavrov has also expressed his concerns about american and european approach towards iran iran that love has stressed never violated any article of the joint comprehensive plan of actions adding he hates any unnecessary and unexplainable pressure on to here and will soon stop and just remind you of all the discussion club will continue its work on thursday lightman putin russia's president is expected to join we'll cover it for you of course. europe is racking his brains on how to preserve the iran nuclear deal and make its trade relations with tehran work several e.u. countries have joined the payment scheme known as instincts so that to bypass u.s. sanctions against iran in stocks was set up in january by france germany and the u.k. it allows firms to avoid using the swift payment system which is heavily reliant on the u.s. dollar fortune to withdrew from the iran deal or in the year and 3 impose sanctions a former foreign minister of austria told us that european powers are determined to maintain their trade ties with the gulf state. whole instrumentals developed i

foreign minister lavrov has also expressed his concerns about american and european approach towards iran iran that lover of his stress never violated any article of the joint comprehensive plan of actions adding he hates any unnecessary and unexplainable pressure on to here and will soon stop and just remind you of all the discussion club will continue its work on thursday like many putting russia's president is expected to join we'll cover it for you of course. french police are being accused of turning a blind eye to human trafficking across the english channel undercover investigation led by a british radio station also claims french officers may even be using people smugglers in their efforts to get migrants to u.k. shores so idea good stash he picks up the story. well we all know that the my current crisis is far from over even though of course scenes of boats traveling from france the u.k. are becoming much less and less frequent but according to an undercover report by l.p.c. and alleged people smuggler is claiming that the french authorities are even helping him and his team

these regions syria was mentions to many times today russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov he's one of the speakers here today has shared he's assessment of effective global strategy stressing non interference in any country's internal affair as well as spag of its national interests and integrity should become principles this global strategy effective strategy should be based on he has talked about iraq afghanistan libya as rather sad examples of international peace efforts pointing out but specifically usas approach there lead to dramatic consequences and basically chaos and that should be avoided a lover of has said that has called this interfering to influence policy he has called it toxic and dangerous stressing that any effort should be aimed at rather bringing peace and stability let's take a listen. to the deserts of the middle east is a cradle of many civilizations and world religions of course today when it's been transformed into a laboratory for reckless experiments that have led to tragic consequences this topic is very urgent if you look at american interventions aimed

is on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan where he's been speaking to the media lavrov also blamed the u.s. for helping grow tensions in the region on shoes they moscow said it was not informed about the u.s. decision to pull out american troops from syria let it come to the matter with you so the americans organized state structures in northeastern syria and shared people's livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes who traditionally lived on these territories used to object to it's now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject can set fire to the entire region and we have to avoid it at any cost we are communicating this position to the u.s. i hope they hear us but practically we can't yet see any serious changes or very inconsistent and contradictory policy. reaction from moscow. compared to other capitals it's very quiet here in moscow just after this military operation has started just a few hours before foreign minister sergei lavrov on his visit in kazakhstan urged the kurds and the syrian governme

more about this it has been covering the conference force good morning to you really i want to mr lavrov say that. well 1st of all i just want to explain that just as the russian foreign minister was traveling around iraq talking and having conversations with officials in baghdad and also with the iraqi kurdish autonomy region a number of things that we kept on hearing from the turkish capital and also from washington really put the region in panic mode because there were fears that an escalation of violence could start in northern syria. hinted that the turkish army is just one step away from entering the syrian territory to start an offensive against the kurdish militias there but there is one big obstacle that is the u.s. troops on the ground however bit later donald trump tweeted that his soldiers were ready to get out of there the kurds were about folds and really they called it a stab in the back although donald trump did pedal back eventually and said that they were only moving a few dozen soldiers so i asked the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov about these contradictions an

interested me from the russians very much so we had comments from sergey lavrov today are asking the turks and all parties for the moderation here to come together in talks whether in fact those kind of pressures are having any kind of influence all that remains to be seen because the military build up here as i say has continued. over the last 24 hours charlie if as you say we are beginning to see the free syrian army aligning themselves with the turks so shifting alliances here what options are the kurds have now on the other side of the board especially now that large groups of kurdish people are being urged to resist the the advance of the tax. tweets from the s.d.f. asking for its kurdish people to to resist we've also though been speaking to people across the border in the town of tel ayoub tel aviv which is behind me as the controlled people in that town saying yes to have told them to go back to their homes you can imagine very nervous a lot of tension mounting as this buildup of military has continued we know that militarily the s.d.f. have nothing like any kind of fighting

has interest in the devastated country how legal is that this is what mr lavrov has on. both of. which is of the united states. the actions of the united states is syria are clearly in violation. legally and as they get arranged illegally and against the will of the government in damascus. the u.s. made a statement saying it is staying in syria the will of the government in damascus the u.s. made a statement saying it is staying in syria made another statement saying it's calling out and even those who left for iraq. made another statement saying it's calling out and even those who left for iraq are now coming back to syria to save the oil fields from marshall liked a capacity to texas to either me or. this looks like a pretext to me especially considering that back in march washington said or as i said we're doing that in. washington so i switched a little bit. the syrian constitutional committee as syria led syria over the syrian constitutional committee as syria led syria as all the partisan for size body united in $150.00 men and women as all the partisan for size bo

top story this evening and russia's black sea resort of sochi the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the country's defense minister said a few moments ago they gave statements on the discussions that are taken place between the presidents of russia and turkey let's hear what was said. is that all. should have got a good. we shouldn't look at this. all of you have heard of the texts but if you were in russian and into the weather for the book in of the number of the agreements reached between president goodman about it or a little. over the horrible moment i remember that standing you know contains the reaction to one of the most urgent problems of the current. north eastern syria 'd or which is of great concern to many parts of the world and the most important thing is that we have reaffirmed the territorial integrity and sovereignty of syria. and the 2 we. have confirmed or to fight. all terrorist organizations in the area. and we. continue to respect disease syria turkey agreement reached in 1908 to. maintain security on the syria turkey border and the actions to be undertaken

is on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan where he's been speaking to the media lavrov also blamed the u.s. for helping grow tensions in the region on tuesday moscow said it was not informed about the u.s. decision to pull out american troops from syria. the americans organized cause a state structures in northeastern syria ensured people's livelihoods and viability and actively promoted the kurdish issue in a way that arab tribes who traditionally lived on these territories used to object to it's now a very dangerous game such a reckless attitude to this highly sensitive subject can set fire to the entire region and we have to avoid it at any cost we are communicating this position to the u.s. i hope they hear us but practically we can't yet see any serious changes or very inconsistent and contradictory policy stuff asan has reaction from moscow. compared to other capitals it's very quiet here in moscow just after this military operation has started just a few hours before foreign minister sergei lavrov on his visit in kazakhstan urged the kurds and the syrian government to have a dialogue

minister lavrov: distinguished mr. president, your excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, the 75th anniversary of the united

his heart was in the right place and i think mr lavrov will say that quite clearly they had a very good relationship and they understood at the end of the day the special envoy whether it's the mr or anybody else working on other issues. has to operate within the parameters set by the security council and it's met and particular the 5 permanent members you cannot effectively discharge your mandate if you are unable to balance things between the 5 permanent members at least if not security council so i think personalizing it is a bit too much i think if you asked the minister lavrov directly you will have a lot of praise haswell i mean on a personal level just a lot of people but i think you also ignore as if he is right to create criticize them when they're professional or whatever i mean i was in many meetings i mean probably all the meetings de mistura had with the minister for all of. i think they were always very frank and friendly you don't have to agree with everything. but most meetings between de mistura and various secretaries of state again frank and friendly don't necessarily

has on the devastated country how legal is that this is what mr lavrov has. thought of the actions of the united states is syria are clearly. the actions of the united states is syria are clearly in violation of international law the u.s. led coalition is there illegally and against the will of the in violation of international law the u.s. led coalition is there illegally and against the will of the government in damascus the u.s. made a statement saying it is staying in syria the government in damascus the u.s. made a statement saying it is staying in syria made another statement saying it's calling out and even those who left for iraq are now coming back made another statement saying it's calling out and even those who left for iraq are now coming back to syria to save the oil fields from our still looks like a pretext to me especially consider syria to save the oil fields from our still looks like a pretext to me. especially considering that russia march washington said or so little in defeat so sure. the march washington that are so little in defeat so s

we'll follow events with you from northern iraq as well well the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has also been commenting about the turkish operation in the past few hours that's cross over to step vasant joins me now from moscow we were waiting for russia to speak they did speak of course on wednesday quite late on but what has lavrov been saying today. well the foreign minister has been talking from turkmenistan and he's been urging and also offering to organize a dialogue between turkey and syria and of course russia would be well placed to do this kind of dialogue because of course it has a big a close relationship with the syrian government has been fighting on the syrian side during the war in syria and also has this close economic and military partnership with turkey and this personal relationship within an hour to one has but the question of course is what such a dialogue would mean for the kurds because at the same time the foreign minister has also said that russia has always from the beginning understood turkey's security concerns at its border and also has urged the k

the syrian government and the kurds over the situation in northeast syria foreign minister sergey lavrov is currently on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan where he's been speaking to the media he said it's important to reduce tensions in the region on tuesday moscow said it wasn't informed about the u.s. decision to pull out american troops from syria well for more on all of this let's go to step fasten who is live for us now in moscow step until now russia's been relatively quiet since trump announced the u.s. troop withdrawal why is that. yes exactly they have been very quiet here in moscow since sunday sunday's announcement by donald trump that the u.s. wants to pull out the troops from syria and the main reason of course is that that is exactly what russia wants and has been asking for for a long time they have been pressuring the united states to go out and in fact in his 1st official statement after this sunday announcement has actually said again that the united states' presence in syria is violating u.n. security council agreements and it's also of violating the territorial territorial

turkey to remain in syria permanently and moscow won't accept that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov explained what would be acceptable security cooperation between turkish and syrian army's along the border cooperation with the syrian regime would be a radical shift for turkey but there is a new reality government troops are back in the north for the 1st time in years unprecedented as well has been russia's position and criticism of turkey there will be hard bargaining ahead senator on the turkish syrian border and u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says the president had a meltdown over house of representatives vote which overwhelmingly condemned the withdrawal of american troops from syria and osi says she believes donald trump was shaken by the number of republicans who voted to oppose his decision to pull the forces out as well from washington. u.s. president donald trump is trying on a new label for his withdrawal from northern syria strategically brilliant in 2 appearances with the italian president trump went on to list a series of false hoods quickly dismissed by senators from

us through what exactly russia and turkey have agreed to here well russian foreign minister sergei lavrov presented to after the talks in sochi here in russia a plan which includes several aspects of points i think 3 of them are essential 1st to moscow and ancora have agreed to that to the kurdish militias would to pull back 30 kilometers away from the turkish syrian border 2nd to love russian military police and syrian border guards would be deployed to on the syrian side of the border with turkey outside of the zone of turkish military operation and 3rd target extends to the ceasefire forms of the north from syria which was initially scheduled for tonight by another 10150 hours or more than 6 days which is pretty long so dorian what does this mean for turkey is offensive in northern syria. well for now at least it is is on hold and i think that this agreement in many ways what it sees is the consolidation of turkey's gains turkey has basically taken sick control of a border about 120 kilometers pertwee in these 2 key towns of tel aviv. and they are pushing up to 30 kilometers deep now t

the syrian government and the kurds over the situation in northeast syria foreign minister sergey lavrov is on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan and he's speaking live on t.v. there he said it's important to reduce tensions in the region on tuesday moscow says it wasn't informed about the u.s. decision to pull american troops out of syria while iraq's parliament has officially recognized those killed in recent nationwide protests as martyrs it means the families of more than $110.00 people killed in the on rest will be eligible for compensation the government also unveiled more social reforms as it tries to quell the demonstrations that are now in training 2nd week. distinguished casualties of the protesters will be recognized as marchers and therefore their families will be compensated we will follow the investigation procedures to uncover the events that have affected the protestors while u.s. secretary of state has advised iraq's prime minister to exercise maximum restraint and to address the protest his grievances present jordan has more from washington d.c. the statement about the iraqi p

turkey to remain in syria permanently and moscow won't accept that russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov explained what would be acceptable security cooperation between turkish and syrian army's along the border cooperation with the syrian regime would be a radical shift for turkey but there is a new reality government troops are back in the north for the 1st time in years unprecedented as well has been russia's position and criticism of turkey there will be hard bargaining ahead. on the turkish syrian border well in washington d.c. u.s. house speaker nancy pelosi says president trump had a meltdown over a house of representatives vote which overwhelmingly condemned the withdrawal of american troops from syria says he believes donald trump was shaken by the number of republicans who voted to oppose his decision to pull forces out and has more from the capital. u.s. president donald trump is trying on a new label for his withdrawal from northern syria strategically brilliant in 2 appearances with the italian president trump went on to list a series of false hoods quickly dismissed by sena

interested me from the russians very much so we had comments from sergey lavrov today are asking the turks and all parties for the water. in here to come together in talks whether in fact those kind of pressures are having any kind of influence on that remains to be seen because the military build up here as i say has continued. over the last 24 hours charlie if as you say we are beginning to see the free syrian army aligning themselves with the text so shifting alliances here what options are the kurds have now on the other side of the border especially now that large groups of kurdish people are being urged to resist the advance of the tabs. oh yes research tweets from the s.t.'s asking people. kurdish people to to resist we've also though been speaking to people across the border in the town of tel they are but tel aviv which is behind me in a state of control people in that town saying yes yes of told them to go back to their homes.

operation but there's also attention to on russia after recent comments by its foreign minister sergei lavrov that the syrian kurds should start negotiations with the assad government russia like everyone else knew exactly what turkey was planning president obama made it quite clear in front of other world leaders even showing them a map last month at the u.n. general assembly perhaps russia is prepared to tolerate turkey taking a corridor of land along syria's northeast border while it and the assad forces continue the bombardment of it live in the northwest with the hope it will eventually lead to the kurds coming under the control of the syrian government jamesburg al-jazeera at the united nations. lots more to come here including rebel . opposition m.p. is once again prevented from performing. and this inspirational 97 year old nobel prize winner has helped shape lives for the better.

turkey to remain in syria permanently and moscow won't accept that russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov explained what would be acceptable security cooperation between turkish and syrian army's along the border cooperation with the syrian regime would be a radical shift for turkey but there is a new reality government troops are back in the north for the 1st time in years unprecedented as well has been russia's position and criticism of turkey there will be hard bargaining ahead $700.00 on the turkish syrian border. joins us now from tehran pienaar that's near takis border with syria and also just a few kilometers from charles what's happening there now that's right russell line is just across the border from where we are we've seen pretty heavy artillery bombardments this morning by turkish forces a lot of heavy machine gun fire in the city now according to syrian rebels that are fighting with turkish forces in that city they're telling us that they're finding it very difficult to take full control of it they say the advances made during the daylight hours of a lost at night what they

mr lavrov is right or do you miss that. with this is that russia's he said that the situation at the border and with the fact that us we drew from syria leaving some troops in oil and with the fact that us we drew from syria leaving some troops in. in all areas russia has always been saying that america is not legally in areas russia has always been saying that america is not legally in syria it hasn't been a serious debate to their parents and been in a lot of a while here to hear that they are in total we are going to talk to people not about their economic interests in the devastated country is that legal thank you very much interests in the devastated country is that legal thank you very much. thanks very much frank or you very much your friend or your. person. you know we. reach an understanding with. reach an understanding with united states. to ensure a safe zone united states. to ensure a safe zone. and to drop the. limits. from the air be as the that. they are that we have built the unit and. that we have been cond

the syrian government and the kurds over the situation in northeast syria foreign minister sergey lavrov is on a 2 day visit to kazakhstan where he's been speaking to the media he said it's important to reduce tensions on the ground on tuesday moscow said it was not informed about the u.s. decision to pull american troops out of syria want to other news now and iraq's parliament has officially recognized those killed and recent nationwide protests as moss's it means the families of more than $110.00 people killed in the unrest will be eligible for compensation the government also unveiled more social reforms as it tries to quell those demonstrations that are now entering the 2nd week. of. the distinguished casualties of the protests will be recognized as martyrs and therefore their families will be compensated we will follow investigation procedures to uncover the events that have affected the protesters while u.s. secretary of state mike compare has urged iraq's prime minister to exercise maximum restraint and to address the protesters grievances rose in jordan has more from washington.

did the job joint communique that sergey lavrov just mentioned knowing common in that sergey lavrov just mentioned we are also keen on the returns of the refugees and the returns must be also keen on the returns of the refugees and the returns must be safe and well and 3 international law and standards must be respected safe and well and 3 international law and standards must be respected coordination with the united nations is crucial. coordination with the united nations is crucial turkey's particularly interested in efforts for preparing the necessary conditions turkey is particularly interested in efforts for preparing the necessary conditions to facilitate returns we believe that are around $2000000.00 syrians can to facilitate returns we believe that iran $2000000.00 syrians can return to terror free areas in syria we return to terror free areas in syria with international support ladies and gentleman intense cooperation and international support ladies and gentleman intense cooperation and coordination among the us and i go around tears and the un order than it is going on among t

security for all the peoples of this war torn region we heard from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov saying that americans are americans they have their own position that by the way tend to change very often. especially regarding the syria crisis but what matter is is there a stab at the raw after is and there is a will from russia turkey and syria to end this crisis and to bring peace long awaited peace to syria. russia's defense ministry has confirmed its military police are now heading to the turkish syrian border we talked to political analyst about the deal and he says instead on the conditions ankara had agreed earlier with us. it's a very important deal and both sides didn't get everything that they wanted they got enough where to leave the table and were happy. for my turkish perspective turkish was. the diplomatic gains it made at the table with the united states by having them. to deal with by dealing with the russians because while in reality the u.s. presence is waiting in the last real power brokers in syria are turkey and russia so the deal with the americans. meaningfu

i had a chance to ask russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov how does moscow you see the fact that united states of america we drew from syria living's moscow you see the fact that united states of america we drew from syria living some troops in syria's all oil fields mr lovell has called some troops in syria's all oil fields mr lovell has called it arrogant and going to look big. deal because you know both of. the actions of the united states is syria are clearly in violation of international law the us is the actions of the united states is syria are clearly in violation of international law the us led coalition is there illegally and against the will of the government in damascus the u.s. made a coalition is there illegally and against the will of the government in damascus the u.s. made a statement saying it is staying in syria made another statement saying it's putting out a statement saying it is staying in syria made another statement saying it's running out and even those who left for iraq are now coming back to syria to save the oil fields from mosul and even those who left for

i had a chance to ask russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov how does moscow see the fact is to ask russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov how does moscow you see the fact that united states of america we drew from syria live in central. united states of america we drew from syria live in central in syria is all oil fields mr lovell has called an arrogant and serious all oil fields mr lovell has called an arrogant and illegal behavior to signal the start of the actions of the united and illegal behavior to signal the start of the actions of the united states is syria are clearly in violation of international law the us led coalition is there a league state says syria are clearly in violation of international law the u.s. led coalition is there illegally and against the will of the government in damascus the u.s. made a statement saying it is steadily and against the will of the government in damascus the u.s. made a statement saying it is staying in syria made another statement saying it's pulling out and even those who left for in syria days after it made another statement saying

well hi the expectations are indeed very high of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is the high the expectations are indeed very high of russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is now here in geneva u.n. headquarters at these very moment meeting he's now here in geneva u.n. headquarters at these very moment meeting he's turkish and iranian counterparts to later they are expected to meet u.n. and iranian counterparts a later they are expected to meet u.n. special envoy for syria why to discuss the work of the syrian constitutional national invoice for syria why to discuss the work of the syrian constitutional committee ahead of its official launch on wednesday truly historic i had off its official launch on wednesday truly historic moment a breakthrough moment for syria's some say the beginning of the end for the men to breakthrough moment for syria's some say the beginning of the end for the long lasting diverse state in syrian crisis syria led a long lasting diverse state in syrian crisis syria led and syria as all the parties emphasize buddy uniting with syria as all the parti

flee towns many in the international community expressing concern russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says he'll seek to start a dialogue between ankara and damascus and blamed the u.s. for what's happening in northern syria well let's go live now to our correspondents anahata who is in which is on the border between turkey and syria then we just heard from president at 01 and he said 109 terrorists have already been neutralized and the defense minister says it seems to be all going very well talk us through what you're seeing right now in the border that. well over the past 2 hours there was increased military activity on this front behind us the. front what the turkish army has been doing since launching this operation late on wednesday is try to weaken the defenses of the kurdish syrian democratic forces they've been using heavy airpower heavy firepower air raids artillery bombardment targeting tunnels trenches weapons posed by doing this it makes it easier for the ground forces to advance into northeast syria and that's exactly what they have done on a number of fronts this operat