saudia arabia and qatar already helped arm the rebels. the peace plan exists only in name. he is not try to revive it with plans to help the crisis meeting in geneva this weekend. >> if you want to avoid a bloody collapse, even bloodier than anything we've seen so far in syria, and try to organize a syrian-led transition from a political transition with the departure of assad, then we need to work together to do so. and >> with dozens of syrians dying every day, the u.n. concern the conflict is becoming increasingly secretariat, many wonder what another meeting can actually achieve. the most likely may be that the west watches as syria delves deeper into civil war. >> that does seem to be the most likely option at the moment. for more on the meeting in geneva and what this can accomplish, i am joined by the former u.s. state department spokesperson, t.j. calich. secretary clinton said she had great hopes this could be a turning point for the syrian conflict. >> there is a dichotomy. one of the targets of the meeting is the syrian military. if the regional powers and the glo

a series of concerts in tribute to the victims following the two thousand and eight war south of saudia he came to conduct a concert the rule when parliament building in memory of those who died in the congo. i. want to give a welcome to the show thank you very much for being with us today my pleasure while her first of all i would like to ask. you do different things you do so many things in your life except music lots of things along with music so music for you is a trait a business or a mission. can you choose the three because it is my world. but it doesn't really matter if i'm in moscow new york if i am was music event was orchestrated i am was a singer as was a chorus is well i know what i have to do i think and. it is also important for me to say that. moscow and new york are big big cities but i find it more and more pleasant to go to this unknown places smaller towns are wonderful music lovers who are always good i think they always waiting for a really important musical events and that's where my heart tells by have to go more and more often you conducted one person for verdi'

to go we've been hearing from saudia rabbit that it is preparing to pay salaries to the free syrian army members to encourage more defections from the syrian army and to support the uprising against president bashar al assad we're hearing all this just days after president bashar assad has said that the country is now in a real state a war and has warned any foreign nation from interfering into syria's internal affairs even allies and has promised to fight the terrorism till the very very end . well for more analysis and reaction to developments in syria log on to our website altie dot com also don't forget to check out our correspondents twitter feeds for all the latest on the ongoing conflict. the german parliament has approved the e.u.'s massive five hundred billion bailout fund and ratified the new fiscal compact last night which limits spending deficits that as chancellor angela merkel finds herself on the back foot strongly rejecting notions that she somehow capitulated to the financial demands of southern european nations that criticism especially loud in germany where many see th

just two days ago we've been hearing from saudia rabbit ear that it is preparing to pay salaries to the free syrian army members to encourage more defections from the syrian army and to support the uprising against president bashar al assad we are hearing all this just days after president bashar al assad has said that the country is now in a real state of war and has warned any foreign nation from interfering into syria's internal affairs even allies and has promised to fight the terrorism till the very very end. of their well let's get more perspective on the outcome of this geneva gathering patrick nixon is associate editor of independent news website in for was dot com joining me live now. this new transitional player does not demand assad to resign but if as washington says the regime is behind the bloodshed is that a justified position to take. well washington's position is a kind of non-negotiable position this is a similar position that israel for instance would take in the palestinian peace agreement where they just bury their feet right there in the ground and say we're not bu

ivanov a prominent russian diplomat since joining the foreign ministry in the seventy's in spain saudia trade and diplomatic missions two decades later he was appointed the russian ambassador there mr bernanke reached the top of his diplomatic career in the late ninety's when he was appointed foreign minister despite several cabinet reshuffle it's kept the procession for six years after leaving the diplomatic service we've driven off the head of the russian security council for three years and now here lectures in the russian foreign affairs university and has the international scales. meet. me. hello mr one of and welcome to our program hello. let's start with this is the u.s. in nero press on with their plans in europe they keep saying russia is not an enemy we do not see it is search our steps do not target russia but russia does not buy this why so why this is just why is it that these assurances are not enough for us to mishear them every day right. you see the issue of you are planting security has been central to any debate over the past several years. and. in foreign affairs wit

. >> it is interesting that saudia arabia and kuwait have avoided the conflict situation.i'm interested in a couple of words from either of you. is that just a matter of having a critical mass, or is it a fundamental difference? >> it is a fundamental difference. basically, saudi arabia has a shia and sunni population. they have had demonstrations, because they are very suppressed. those demonstrations have been put down. the reason they are putting put down is to make sure they don't spread. they have a sunni population and not one quarter has been given. the same weekend that nato intervened in libya, the saudis wanted to make sure that those people did not overthrow their government. the gulf states are extremely hard off, and there's no way it's going to happen. that is what they say. are there any more questions? >> yes? >> in libya, there were a number of high-profile journalists that were killed. can you speak of the danger of covering these types of events? >> yes, it is increasingly dangerous. three of my colleagues, they were killed in libya. chris and tim were i

as saudia arabia. the idea that the geopolitical is a part of this, what we try to look at is the fact and the law on the ground. the caller's point is well taken. this notion that this does happen in the gulf and as a result, we put this into our bilateral diplomacy with the individual gulf countries. we also look at this as something in with the gcc and regional partnerships. a perfect example of how far we have come, lacher at the international labor organization when we were looking to see whether or not the labor laws could be extended, the gulf countries were in favor of that. that not what happened two years ago. host: how often is this updated and what goes into the process of compiling the information to put together a report? guest: it comes up in june annually. throughout the year, we do diplomacy. we work with these governments in with the international organizations. we maintain the foreign assistance budget, only $20 million to do trading around the world. then, we also -- our embassies g