we support the fulfillment of the russian american agreements for obvious reasons we do realize thatther countries do not persuaded those agreements but our american colleagues and as mr kerry in us we agreed on promoting their procedures that had been agreed during the last weekend in geneva. and this is what my colleague and i also discussed today is. france is willing to support these approaches just as many other countries are and that's something we've been told by our colleagues from other countries as well the proposal is primarily that the priorities step would be for russian americans to prepare a draft decision of the executive council of the organization banning the chemical weapons which would. explain the procedures and terms and events on particular steps of eliminating chemical weapon. in syria this is a professional organization. and the ideas of russian american experts on how we should decision in general is explained in the geneva document nevertheless these ideas have to be translated into a legal legally comprehensive and full fillable language and the following

national interests well i agree with you that we have any opportunity but again many russian diplomats would argue. the americans when they accept anything less than what they want they come to the table with with a deal that they are not ready to negotiate and i think from the russian point of view this is the main difficulty in bringing about some sort of solution on the syrian issue because from the very beginning america said what the outcome should be that assad should go and so i guess unless you change that style that way of talking to other nations be it russia syria or any other country i wonder if any sort of change that positive change could be really achieved. no one goes to a negotiation with the idea in mind of capitulating in the first meeting americans are tough negotiators i believe they do russian diplomatic friends i hope the complement of extending the same conclusion to them i think that's the first answer to your question the second answer to your question is most american diplomats have found washington much tougher to deal with than the foreign country with whom they are negotiating now i

these documents, i want to stress cannot be dress docume s documents, russian/american documents, and after this the executive council will approve the decision we will be able to say clearly when the special will start and the documents which you will see in the time frame today when our professionals considered to be reasonable at the same time and they also allow the professionals to ensure the safety concerning the question to john kerry. i would like once again -- i would like to talk about the arrangements agreed to in the security council to support the decisions, which were accepted and will be adopted and the progress. we also agreed that we will be -- we will be expecting a full implementation of the demands of this report, which will formulate on the basis of convention. if they're not fulfilled or in any case used by anyone with chemical weapons, the security council will take measures on the chart. it doesn't mean, of course, that any violation reported will be taken at face value. it's just investigated, or it will try to get -- there's so much force with that. one has t

a negotiation with the idea in mind of capitulating in the first meeting americans are tough negotiators i believe but do russian diplomatic friends i hope the compliment of extending the same conclusion to them i think that's the first answer to your question the second answer to your question is most american diplomats have found washington much tougher to deal with than the foreign country with whom they are negotiating now i mentioned george cannon previously and when he was writing that famous long telegram about russia's and trans exams of fear joseph stalin was in the kremlin and can't specifically believe that i've stalin needed that whole sell view of the world to justify his authoritarian policies now i think this is also a very widespread sentiment in washington and they're fairly widespread comparison of joseph stalin to russia's current leader of like him or putin do you think that the main reason why the russian leader is so oppositional toward the american anisha to face because he is fearful of. of his own powers are rather losing though i don't think so at all and i think despite mr putin's admi

realist and i wonder whether you've ever found yourself agreeing with the russian position more than you agree with the american position no you know first believe that russia has elements of idealism that takes its place in the excellent ation of russian nationalism which i understand which is not a real reality but it is a self created by a very important motivator in all states have it that's not meant to be a criticism we also have strong elements of now. listen we have hopes in our own view for others adopting a set of values and principles which we believe have served us well have served other countries well and can help serve the interests of people and even if they don't adopt i'm sure you will haue them to adopt them who i think they were prepared to help people make changes where they're willing and able to do it and where it's permissible to do so but on my own view is a mixture as most americans is a realism in idealism but i also believe that it's important to be aspirational in this life and it's important to be optimistic and diplomats i think who are motivated by that and motivated to find innov

americans will be of syria's initiative to dismantle chemical weapons. this is the first stage. what we're seeing, what we have seen today and last night and today is that the russians and americans are engaged in serious talks, constructive talks. i think those sides realize how grave the situation is, and i think this is the beginning. as cary made it clear, john kerry, the talks are constructive and russian and men chemical weapons experts are in talks in order to decide the nature and talks of syria's chemical weapons. >> these talks are constructive, but there are still gaps in the position between the russians and the french, for example, let alone the americans. >> well of course, there are very huge gaps. the americans and the french would like to dismantle chemical weapons. the russians want to pre-event anto prevent anytype of threat. i priorities are different, but i think both the russians and americans realize the strategy is to proceed, and to put syri syria's chemical weapons under international control, i think both the americans and the russians realize this is not a game, as john kerry said. this is real. that's why the talks are taking place. i'm

agreement in the last 48 hours, the americans and russians seem to be fully committed to find answersagedy and the like inside syria. i will argue this is a first step. both americans and russians realize that chemical weapons are only one critical element of the equation. as you said yourself, in the last few minutes we estimate more than 100,000 syrians have been killed and fewer than 1500 syrians have been killed by chemical weapons. so even if chemical weapons are dismantled now the war goes on and the killing goes on and that is why in the next few days and next few weeks in the united nations you will see a serious effort on the part of the united states and russia to convene in the so called the second peace conference geneva and the question is as you know the opposition refuses to sit down with the assad government and the assad government says they can win with the terrorism inside syria. there is a great deal of homework to be done in the next few weeks and months and doubt it's as easy as the three foreign ministers said in pass. >> reporter: thank you for that and speakin

the russians needed to prove that their diplomacy is good. the americans needed to prove why there's a good reason not to bomb. and the syrians need to do it so they're not bombed. that's the first step. we need to bring everybody-- this is going to be a big room-- where you bring the syrian opposition. someone representing the regime. probably not swb youth interview, probably not bashar al-assad, and then the opposition parties and then you probably find egypt there, and you will probably find other region regional players. >> rose: specifically iran far, disn't they be there? >> i think they should. of it's not whether you come or not, it's commit yourself to were a political solution. and a door should be opened. >> rose: i timely have to ask you about this-- do you have any hope that the kerry initiative on palestinian-israeli conflict can be moved forward. is there an atitute on body sightings. while all these other things were happening, we need to do something about the conflict that is at the core of the middle east. >> great question. when i came

sides of this sort of agreement namely the russians the americans and the syrians need to signal to each other and signal to the outside world as well this is about a serious agreement and that it would be respected by every single party included and that would help pave the way for you know further representation of these he greenland and reaping the rewards of such an agreement is wrong and i hope you heard what the russian official had to say earlier on is there a high chance really that they say one government is indeed cheating when it comes to chemical weapons use in syria. is indeed what story yes is it possible that the syrian government can cheat when it comes to chemical weapons. as in use them or what do you mean by treat so is a bird treaty not freezing but remember cheating is it possible that the syrian government can cheat when it comes to chemical weapons use well if i understand you correctly i'm sorry a little bit for for the difficulty shortage here but if i understand you correctly i think the syrian government will need a little bit of hill in order to get rid of the

it is also the view of russian- american relations that have fallen to one of the lowest points in recent memory. >> is there any hope at all of a political solution? >> not in the near future. it is clear that any political solution will have to be worked out together. it will be required to bring in russia, and these difficult problems, a rand has taken a bigger role in syria -- iran has taken a bigger role in syria. to picture the situation in the united states where the president would suggest to bring a ran into negotiations, you can imagine it produces a strong protest in congress. i don't see any chance for the near future. >> we will leave it there, thanks for being with us. >> the focus shifts to washington where congress will focus on the debate next week. >> it is being seen as politically risky. >> and angry demonstrator disrupts the debate, hands stained with blood red paint and a protest in the house of representatives. lawmakers debated obama's plan for a possible military strike in response to the chemical weapons attack in syria. even the staunch supporters have their dou

that very a week ago he was committed to launch a bombing campaign and i think the russian leadership and the american people have boxed to many but some experts aren't convinced that this step by the ousted regime with u.s. and russian support will be enough he also has some american commentators pointed out leaves the way open to do to assad what the americans did to gadhafi gadhafi after all agreed to give up his chemical weapons his various of the non-conventional weapons and then a few years later he was attacked and the rebels immediate rejection of these latest diplomatic efforts makes it clear their pursuit for foreign intervention is not over damascus now has until next weekend to provide the u.n. with a complete list of its stockpiles if i also continues to cooperate will it be enough to push for peace without the cooperation of the rebels and their supporters and he's now a r.t. moscow meanwhile washington continues to blame president assad for the deadly attack in august but those with firsthand experience of the conflict to disagree in a belgian writer pierre who was held hostage by the s

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about a week ago there was a lot of this pheno optimism diplomacy the russians and the americans are talking to each other and then in the last day or so obama signed. an executive order to arm the rebels. in syria so where are we at right now is doing is it only about chemical weapons and then regime change that's still in the cards that's still part of the obama agenda and what in the nato allies to overthrow the government in syria well certainly we've seen that regime change has been on the table really since the beginning we have seen countless attempts to justify regime change using various pretexts and of course the chemical weapons and the red line has been just the latest in a series of such pretexts of course we've seen that aggression against syria in whatever form that it's taken has been done under the cover of humanitarianism and this is the the latest example of aggression from western powers against a sovereign country in the form of humanitarianism but i think that what you're pointing to this transition that we've seen just in the last few days is really quite start

. >> translator: we will continue to pursue the russian-american initiative on convening the international conference known as geneva 2. we will continue to achieve the implementation of this initiative without any preconditions. >> reporter: clarifying his administration's position is now up to president obama himself. he's scheduled to make a personal appeal to the american people in a televised address on tuesday. the latest attempt to get their support for what currently seems like a highly unpopular plan. nhk world. >>> japan's economy in the second quarter expanded much faster than they originally reported. officials at the cabinet office say the latest figures for the april-to-june period suggests that gdp rose by 0.9% in real terms. this translates to an annualized 3.8% growth, improfit of 1.2 percentage points compared to the preliminary numbers released last month. the gdp has expanded for a third consecutive quarter. corporate capital spending rebounded for the first time in six quarters. those figures were revised to 1.3% from minus 1.1%. exports grew 3%. >>> prime minister abe

i mean, both the russians and americans had meetings with the u.n. special envoy in which they did discuss a rechum hundred of peace talks, the possibility of the so-called geneva two talks in which the opposition and regime would meet to try to resox the conflict, fighting and try to establish some sort of caretaker government including elements from both sides. this has been a bloody war, these are fighting factions that are still going at it as we speak, and there is still this gloomy issue of the current crisis and the chemical weapons on the ground, not to mention the possibility of a western-led military intervention. there are a lot of questions here, stephanie and while there is some cautious optimism that this could be an excuse to resume the peace talks, there's just an awful lot to be taken care of before that actually happens. >> falk, phil. stay with us for continuing coverage of the developments in syria. as always, we urge you to stay informed with the help of aljazeera.com. >> a warning from al-qaeda about possible attacks in the u.s.

it has been kept very close to the chest of russian and american delegations.ve arrived here with unusually large delegation of top level diplomats and chemical and military experts, mr. there be technical discussions throughout the day as they both collate what information that they have to syria's chemical weapons stockpiles. there will be the need of getting hundreds of specialist into what is essentially an ongoing civil war with a view finally to did he voic destroy s chemical weapons. that is the technical sides. politically it will be most importantly a trust-building exercise between the russians and the americans. of course also the international community is going to have to put an awful lot of trust in to syria in this plan going to work. >> stay with us, never, because syria, as you know, has applied to become a member of the global treaty banning these chemical weapons. that's part of its tempt to avert a u.s. military strike. here is what syria's ambassador to the united nation had his to say. >> president ba cza czar bashard signed the legislativ

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according to the news agencies which we will have to confirmed, that he said that he lucked the russian american deal as long as every last chemical weapon inside of syria is destroyed. i think that's what we will more of after their talks. muted welcome, i think, because you will remember in the initial phase of this crisis, they were enthusiastic about president obama's plan to go after the syrians. they offered help to get the vote through congress, and then immediately there's been some hesitation. i think they felt that this was an opportunity to send a message to iran, that u.s. credibility was on the line. israel's obsession, of course, is with iran's nuclear program, and that if obama blinked on the syrian issue, would he also blink on the iranian one. also something closer to home, and that concerned israel a's own chemical weapons. there's a lot of talk here about the stock pile. they did sign the chemical weapons convention, but never ratified it. and the russians and syrians making a lot of noise well, if the syrians are going to come home, maybe it is dive for israel to do that as w

in a lot of ways this vagueness is purposeful, this is a way for both russian seans and americans toalk away saying we got what we want, we are pursuing a diplomatic solution to this crisis in syria concerning chemical weapons. so lavrov is hinting occasionally at the possibility of barring military strikes but at the same time, secretary kerry can say there will be severe consequences if they don't agree. >> that's remarkable the way you framed that, and it rings so true, and both sides would say they both got to this point because ofas of both of them, the united states would say the international community is at this point because of the strikes russians would say we are here because he helped facilitate a diplomatic rout, that's how we got here in the first place, so both have something they could say with solving this problem. now, of course, the next question is how might syria react, because as you recall, bashar al-asaad is laying out his own time line, and a week was not in that time line. >> that's another interesting point you bring up, because secretary kerry was very spe

the blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria hampers the russian american disarmament plan with fresh exchanges between moscow and washington over who's at fault. with the syrian opposition whose numbers infested with extremists we look at the aftermath of the rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their faith. a string of fatalities seized britain's police come under criticism for their reliance on an arsenal of apparently non-lethal tasers to control suspects.

phil, the russians and americans seem to have very different ideas on how to handle the situation inyria, nevertheless there is an important meeting happening in geneva. what do we know about the progress that has been made? >> well, richelle, actually those talks are bound to start any minute now. actually we're hearing there will be an opening statement by both foreign minister lavrov, and secretary of state kerry, and then they'll go into those talks. there is a lot on the table, not only whether or not there will be a joint un resolution put forward by the russians and the west, but also how this would be done, and we do know that there are large teams of scientific, logistical, and military experts that have come with both sides, the russians and the americans to discuss just how this would be done, presuming that they come to some sort of agreement on a un resolution. so a lot on the table. richelle. >> and with further complications happening with these new conditions that are coming out of syria from president bah shard al-assad, i think it has made the task more difficult an

the blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria hampers the russian american disarmament plan with fresh exchanges between moscow and washington over who's at fault. with the syrian opposition is numbers infested with extremists we look at the aftermath of the rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their face. a string of fatalities seized britain's police come under criticism for their reliance on an arsenal of apparently non-lethal tasers to control suspects.

tonight, the american and russian foreign secretaries talk in geneva to see if they can find a place to meet where they will put serious chemical weapons under control. -- issad government is seeking to join this coalition. but nobody thinks that this will be easy. geneva is a world away from the horrors of syria, but this is the city where chemical weapons were outlawed almost a century to go. now, the two key foreign sergeirs, john kerry and lavrov, try to break two years of deadlocks over syria. not hide old tensions which still divide them. >> we proceed from the assumption that the resolution of this problem makes any strike against syria unnecessary. and i am unsure that the americans are in favor of a peaceful conclusion. >> it has to be real, comprehensive, and it has to be verified. it has to be credible. it has to be timely and implemented in a timely fashion. and finally, there are to be concert ensues if this does not take place. >> on russian television this afternoon, the president was seen buckling under russian and american pressure, agreeing to give up his chemical w

charter and there's not a lively automatic use of force it reaffirms the agreement reached at the russian american meeting in geneva regarding violations as well as the use of chemical weapons by anyone will have to be carefully investigated by the security council of the united nations the cancer will stand ready to take action under chapter seven of the u.n. charter any incident which is considered a violation of the resolution will have to be proved one hundred percent before any action is taken. the resolution also calls for the convening of the geneva two peace talks which un secretary-general ban ki moon says could happen as soon as november the geneva two is where the syrian government and opposition are supposed to come to the table together to negotiate a peaceful path towards their future and an ultimate end to the two and a half year civil war taking place in that country russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says that the syrian opposition as well as the government is applied to comply with all measures in this carry council resolution that's used in the zoo bill knew that the respon

pushing the syrian government towards the discussion table russia has done its part under the russian american initiative on may seventh we have secured damascus commitment. to geneva conference. american partners so far failed to do this in the talks with the opposition it also looks like according to sergei ivanov that the syrian opposition doesn't seem to be so interested in getting to the discussion table on top of that it is notoriously this fragmented with some inner scuffles happening sporadically over the past several years as a matter of fact and also we must not forget about the fact that there are also numerous groups within syria itself which are fighting supposedly for the opposition but at the same time they are openly affiliated with al qaida and of course issued a military involvement being in fact put in place by states such as the united states or france or the united kingdom of course that would mean a competing. in syria something which has we we have already seen happening in countries such as libya and although the u.s. might apparently push more moderate rebels towards t

a blame game surrounding the use of chemical weapons in syria hampers the russian american disarmament plan with fresh exchanges between moscow and washington over who's at fault. the syrian opposition is numbers infested with extremists we look at the aftermath of the rebel siege of an ancient christian village where people were forced to flee their homes to protect their faith. a string of a taliban has seized britain's police come under criticism for their reliance on an arsenal of apparently non-lethal tasers to control suspects. we're watching are two live from moscow and lindsey france thanks for joining me. venezuela's president has accused the us of refusing to provide reasons for a delegation going to the u.n. next week nicolas maduro was also apparently refused permission to fly through american airspace to get to china venezuela's foreign ministry says these incidents were an act of aggression and violation of international law artie's marina portnoy has the details. nicolas maduro plan to china was denied that's according to foreign minister elliott how he said washington p