talks with russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov in washington they also touched on libya with mr lavrov saying that russia has more understanding on the issue with the u.s. than with some of its european partners let's get the latest from marty's going to count she's in washington. 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 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 force 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 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 side of moscow sees it as sees it as th

with his french counterpart at a news conference in moscow and mr lavrov said we have discussed the situation in libya syria and iran's nuclear program and i'm very satisfied with the progress that today's negotiations and of course we'll have more on that throughout the day here but r.t. . as we've just been hearing moscow has raised concern over france's admission that its military supplied weapons to rebels in libya russia's foreign minister said the move could be seen as a serious violation of the u.n. arms embargo so first time a nato member has owned up to supplying weapons to libya since the beginning of the campaign un mandate falls short of authorizing a ground invasion that arming sides along with military action only to protect civilians that hasn't gone completely to plan their alliance already confirming multiple civilian casualties caused riots in strikes international criminal courts has issued a warrant for the arrest of the and his son saif al islam the crackdown protesters and robbery but in an exclusive interview to r.t. out his son said the court is not impartial. in this

our experts to consult with russian experts to discuss ways that we can move forward i have told mr lavrov that we are concerned by the failure of the responses thus far from iran to high representative ashton and the resistance of iran to a request for further access regarding military related activities but nevertheless we are committed to our jewel track both pressure and engagement and we want to explore with the russians ways that we can perhaps pursue more effective engagement strategies. question from the russian sun for maria. those records are my big question is to both leaders you said that you were going to sign a new visa agreement. would you please specify the terms of the signing and what is your prognosis about some obstacles on the way to this agreement knowing that businesspeople and citizens support the basis simplifications well the answer is simple that this will happen this year this is for sure and it will happen before christmas even catholic christmas is speaking about obstacles and there are no such as i have said the agreement is absolutely ready we just have to f

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 who 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 to what is a. diploma see exists not so condemn and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and make it condemnation without proposing any solution to any straight through 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 proposing to condemn anyone or a doctor un security council resolution supporting one or another signs everyone is urging the two sides to see down and hold negotiations down to the responsible approach that we hope will prevail america's missile defense plans is one of the most irritating issues in the relations between the two countries president obama has scrapped the bush administration missile defense but they are going ahead with a new play for many. s

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 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 i'm going to deploy. diplomacy exists not to condemn and school political points diplomacy. exists to solve problems and naked condemnation without proposing any solution to any breakthrough neither in syria nor in any other place in the store is a good example of how we are 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 signed everyone is. down on 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 mainly 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 whole region in general of course the uprising is in syria was also discussed today and for mr lavrov once again stressed russia's position on no resolution regarding this conflict in syria saying that so that should be a political decision for the conflict and that's members of the opposition in syria have to sit down to go shave and table and talk to his governments and not even more the concessions and reforms a subset of them and is suggesting. well for more on this on our joined live from the libyan capital behind bethany janis went to time i think and is talking many thanks for joining us now russia's nato envoy has said that the coalition is preparing a land operation in libya how possible is that at this point. unfortunately it's eminently possible we've had reports in the united states for ten days to two weeks about orders being given to u.s. military units at fort hood texas special forces told to be ready to go somewhere in july with libya being prominently mentioned following on after that first cavalry division division most of which is now in afghanistan and iraq and af

hadn't become a stumbling block when it came to visa free travel between the two countries he said mr lavrov said that his relate as far as his relationship went with downing street that that wasn't an issue at the moment and that the visa free regime was going with discussions as it goes right now now it wasn't just there where he ended he also went on in what was essentially a triple header for the foreign minister to talk about the proposed nato anti-missile defense shield to be built in east. in europe no mr love rove said should be consulted on this and involved in. the creation of this missile defense shield based in eastern europe that it would do great great turns to get rid of. get rid of a. cold war atmosphere in the if russia could be involved and they could work towards not just creating this missile defense shield but also working towards relationships between nato and russia of course last november in lisbon at the russian nato summit. that we will try and work together on a joint missile program and then just. said no you know what we're going to work with you on that so inter

mr lavrov said it is unacceptable that the opposition to resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and in fact only turning them into a target for the police and security forces a lot of different approaches as you can see and they are being discussed here. three explosions a struck the indian city of mumbai reports at least seventeen people have been killed and dozens injured and islamic group called the indian mujahideen has reportedly claimed responsibility our correspondent. is in india for us. three bomb explosions occurred within minutes of each other and this happened in very crowded neighborhoods one was the famous jewelry market and there was a bomb that was said to be found in a jewelry shop also near the offer a house in mumbai by if then the western state of maharashtra obviously a very important city in india to consider the financial capital here the ministry of home affairs has that this is a terror attack the national investigative service has flown from new delhi to mumbai right now to figure out what exactly has gone on down there th

different areas and the bilateral presidential commission that presidents obama and medvedev began that mr lavrov and i have the honor of co-chairing has emerged as an important vehicle for pursuing our common interests and we are very committed to continuing to move our relationship forward and again i thank the minister for the excellent work that we have done together. with only this but there's the civil court to polish to proceed in some way to sentence her first of all i would like to say that i fully support the words of hillary clinton about the shelling in mumbai we condemn the people who organized this act and we extend our condolences to india and the government of india. counterterrorism has a special place in cooperation with the united states and we will be building up this cooperation everywhere including including afghanistan. and far east and other regions in the world also i would like to express my gratitude for the condolences that madam clinton has just pronounced about the tragic shipwreck the volga river we appreciate these feelings of the american people towards us and we

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 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 you need to deploy. diplomacy. it's not soup and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and make it condemnation without proposing any solution won't lead us to any breakthrough neither in syria nor in any other place is a good example of how we are all dealing with the situation in yemen no one this trip a reason to condemn anyone or adult the u.n. security council resolution supporting one or another signed everyone is urging that she signs to see down and hold negotiations dance a responsible approach that we hope will prevail. about to read more about the agreements reached during our start of the visit to washington just log on to our website. plenty more for you there as well including find out why you went to the first man in space yuri gagarin has

well so far as the question about mr lavrov is concerned he can answer but we certainly discussed this to be brief and i would say that the from the standpoint of friends and it's not our opinion we are working strictly within the framework of the resolutions. resolution one thousand and seventy three and paragraph four. i recall. it says that all means can be used in order to help the civilian population to protect itself so we are working within this framework we informed our partners and our nato partners and the u.n. security council consensus was that. as for whether we might do something similar elsewhere i think that would very surprising because there is no security council resolution so far as i know that would apply to syria or to the german or to any other countries as a. he said we do have differences for this regard. but. this does not prevent us from working together to work for a political solution which is the only way that will permit the libyans to build their future the future of a democratic libya well. with the little i can only confirm that the history of us has a

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 to resort to violence agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and in fact of lead turning them into targets for the police and security forces take a listen going to deploy more diplomacy exists not to condemn and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and make it condemnation without proposing any solution leaders to any breakthrough neither in syria nor in any other place 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. down and hold negotiations dance a responsible approach that we hope will prevail. well to read more about their dream during sergei lavrov visit to washington log on to our website r.t. dot com along with other news videos and blogs here's a taste of what's why right now. find out why a monument to the first manned space here could be

with the the main players behind this on t missile defense shield which is the united states and mr lavrov went on to say in this interview that he gave to russian television the. east or that there was too much reliance upon dealing with the united states. you do some of the idea of a european missile shield belongs to washington and right now there is a pros a sound a way nato to join this u.s. around global progress europe can only make a minor contribution adding some second tier details therefore are a key partner in the negotiations is washington. old busy day for lover of the russian foreign minister a triple header as you will of issues that he brought up today in an interview with russian television all right i live in central moscow thank you. in a couple of minutes here on arceo we report on how some people in russia are coping with the age old problem of growing up. while in the west people are apprehensive about a need because of the associated health problems and here in russia india is willing to cooperate see the loss of dignity and long is. now a top minutes past the hour

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 real. by less agitating peaceful protesters into engaging in armed clashes and if actively turning them into a target for the police and security forces take a listen. right a diploma to diplomacy exists not to condemn and score political points diplomacy exists to solve problems and naked condemnation without proposing any solution want leaders 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 is proposing to condemn anyone or adopt the un security council resolution supporting one or another side everyone is urging the two sites to see down and hold negotiations that's a responsible approach that we hope will prevail. well governor there were several of common issues that also came up during this meeting what can you tell us about. well on bilateral issues there have been some agreements and disagreements as usual the top diplomats mainly focused

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 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 extending the conflict all right another subject now the u.s. undersecretary of state said monday that the miso shield would cover the whole of europe not is that so with russia which of course means very critical of

take action was still believes that only a political solution of this crisis is possible and as for mr lavrov has set the opposition in feel we have to sit down and talk with us uk government instead of moving on with concessions before. former deputy speaker of the belgian parliament or says nato is to control the region and at the alliance will interpret the resolution to achieve its goals. brimming with real solutions they are not a legal text in the sense as a lot of votes in a country which basically interpretation of resolutions is a matter of ideology and of power why does france interpret it this way because they can't there is no international agencies don't you cannot that's the program we teachers and they want to take over control of this country in this very important strategic situation between tunisia between egypt where things are going the wrong way i mean the wrong way for european union and and united states let's not forget democratic evolution in this country is what does it mean people mean when governments take care of the interests of their own people not of internatio

comes to the missile defense shield the speed many many many hours spent discussing this subject mr lavrov had more to say on it today russia would be willing to be part of developing this missile defense shield in eastern europe should they be allowed. the joy in the work he did also bring up the fight that all things being written down on paper to say that this missile shield won't be used against russia which is something that. really isn't willing to tolerate he did also say that there was too much reliance upon dealing with the united states and you saw the idea of a european missile shield belongs to washington and right now there is a closer sound a way nato to join this u.s. around global protests europe can only make a minor contribution adding some second tier eternals therefore are a key partner in the negotiations is washington busy day for circular lover of the russian foreign minister a triple header as you will of issues that he brought up to date. of our reporting right now a french ship bound for gaza has been stopped and created it comes as the un is due to report on last

mr lavrov was addressing a meeting of the foreign affairs committee of the duma just behind me you know he highlighted and says south really where russia stands concerning the ongoing situations in the arab world now he gets outside what he sees as a western desire for regime change in the middle east saying that this was unacceptable and the russians would not support it and the any circumstances he also went on to highlight the fact that this was actually against international law bellman russia feels a little disappointed to say the least about the way. the the situation in libya has progressed russia of course abstaining from the vote on the u.n. resolution that allowed international intervention there a very disappointed at the way they see that mission has gone beyond the parameters laid out in that u.n. resolution and came to avoid a similar fate a similar situation occurring in syria or yemen now said gill of rolf pulling no punches he hit out at those that have have criticised russia's stance on the un security council and also had a few words to say himself about what he sees