stressed that all sides of the conflict have to sit together and talk russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also stuff that's russia thinks that's a new un security council resolution on syria can only succeed if it's not driven by the desire to relax rebels. street battles russia has previously vetoed to un security council resolutions on syria and february because those resolutions in russia's you were only putting pressure on assad and his government rather than on both sides of the conflict. this is also coming up later this hour the uprising heralded as a win for democracy turns into a grab for any cause members of two violent revolutions are still fresh in the minds of people in kyrgyzstan where politicians a startup ethnic division is to please their support. and learning the hard way we report on the vast lessons of live big tools to our children a zero at their homes out good and bad basic rights and education for tonight. officials claimed thousands of people took to the streets of moscow to protest against allegedly presidential election victory but the turnout was fall lower and

also not in new york where russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met with secretary of state hillary clinton today the central topic to their talk talks what to do about the situation in syria russia of course along with china have already vetoed previous attempts by the u.s. and the u.n. security council to try to pave the way to bring down the government of bashar al assad letters leaders excuse me from both russia and china say they're simply following international law and they want to try to help the region come up with a diplomatic solution earlier i spoke with our correspondent on a saucer churkin i asked her if today's meetings had brought us any closer to an agreement on syria and here's her take. russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his counterparts at the united nations got together for a security council meeting really a rare occasion when foreign ministers descend upon the united nations to hold talks because everybody acknowledges that the seriousness of the situation on the ground in syria and fortunately from what we know as for the last several months the diplo

they are still calling for a political and a diplomatic solution the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has expressed his concern that these weapons could end up in the hands of al qaeda is also said that course from qatar for some kind of military intervention and so far all attempts to reach some kind of cease fire have proven to amount to nothing on monday yesterday the united nations security council met and there moscow expressed grave concern and said that it was of most importance that a cease fire is reached immediately now the former head of the united nations kofi annan was in serbia over this weekend where he did meet with the syrian president bashar assad to try and map out some kind of agreement and we've heard from the man that he has reportedly put forward concrete proposals on the table at the same time the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has urged that this proposal lead to something he has courted for the bloodshed to end immediately but he has said that he needs to be a pragmatic approach let's take a listen the people who are fighting in syria against the gove

conflict have also been voiced a meeting of the arab league in cairo russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov joined the gathering and trust again that any interference in syria's internal affairs is unacceptable ivana's regardless of the source is not in or because there. the joint statement declared that russia the league of arab states finally agreed on a road map that has been suggesting for quite a while now a five point roadmap for number one is immediate cease fire and stop the violence coming from all sides of the conflict that it's important and free monitoring all the situation in the country point number three which is probably the most important one that has been making all this time is no external interference as once again stressed that russia does not support the syrian regime but rather the people's rights of choosing their faith for of their own country installed in their domestic issues on their own also they talked about the need of humanitarian corridor for all the people of syria who need aid and we're also praised for our friends of our man who is currently in syria tryi

foreign minister sergei lavrov says any military intervention into syria would only exacerbate the violence already taking place there details from new york straight at. and still in the conflict their resignations of zero as a number of key staff at the arabic news channel walkout in protest claiming reporting. plus afghanistan demands justice for the massacre of sixteen civilians by u.s. soldiers just weeks after the burning of the qur'an military personnel ignited anti american sentiment across the country our top stories this hour. international news and comment live from moscow with twenty four hours a day as the violence in syria rages on the u.s. and its allies are now reportedly considering all options including direct military intervention that's despite warnings from the pentagon with the american top brass saying the cost of starting a new war will be too high dozens of reportedly been killed across syria on monday adding to the death toll believed by the u.n. to stand today but seven hundred thousand the international community has been unable to reach a consensus on how to act

stressed that all sides of the conflict have to sit together and talk russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also said that russia thinks that a new u.n. security council resolution on syria can only succeed if it's not driven by the desire to let's rebels. street battles russia has previously vetoed the un security council resolutions on syria in exile and february because those resolutions in russia's view were only putting pressure on assad and his government rather than on both sides both a conflict. and coming up later this hour the un prizing hailed as a win but democracy turns into a grab for power at last memories of two violent revolutions are still fresh in the minds of people in kyrgyzstan where politicians and startup ethnic divisions to boost their support. and learning the hard way were poured on the fast lessons of the life being told to our children israel as their homes are outlawed and their basic rights and education is done. officials claim take ten thousand people gathered in moscow today to protest against last sunday's presidential pool which so bloody the commissioner

he stressed that all sides of the conflict have to sit together and talk the foreign minister sergei lavrov also said that russia thinks that a new u.n. security council resolution on syria can really succeed if it's not driven by the desire to relax rebels. street battles russia has previously the told the un security council resolutions on syria and it's over and february because those resolutions in russia as you were only putting pressure on assad and his governments rather than on both sides off a conflict. within twenty four hours a day coming up later this hour the up rising hailed as a win for democracy turned into a grab for power at any cost and then too violent revolutions are still fresh in people's minds and. politicians ethnic divisions for personal gain. have learning the hard way reporting the first lessons of life being taught to arab children in israel that homes are outlawed and their basic right to education denied. the story still to come the first officials claim ten thousand people gathered in moscow today to protest against sunday's presidential poll which saw in ret

well it was a joint conference by russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and secretary general of the league of arab states which which began two hours later that was supposed to begin and this is the atmosphere was very and downs in the past room were journalists were expecting a breakthrough after such a long haul behind closed doors now at a press conference russian foreign minister it said once again the that's a new our u.n. security council's resolution on syria can all be succeed if it's not driven by the desire to let the rebels wean street battles and bridges that russia has already the don't. to or the u.n. security council resolution own syria however there was there was a breakthrough during this meeting as the russian league of arab states read agreed on a road map a five point roadmap regarding syria a first of all it's immediate cease fire and stopping violence coming from all sides over conflicts impartial and free monitoring of the situation in strained syria's number two number three's probably one of the most important points for russia no external interference some

the most important one that russia has been making all this time is no external interference as sergei lavrov once again stressed that russia does not support the syrian regime but rather the people's rights of choosing their faith for their own country installed in their domestic issues on their own also they talked about the needs of humanitarian corridor for all the people of syria who need aid and will praised for the afterwards of course the annan who is currently in syria trying to establish dialogue between president bashar assad's opposition groups of which there are more than one in syria he stressed that all sides of the conflict have to sit together and talk russian foreign minister sergei a lover of also russia thinks that's a new un security council resolution on syria i can only succeed if it's not driven by the desire to let's rebels. street battles russia has previously the told the un security council resolutions on syria in october and february because those resolutions in russia as you were only putting pressure on assad and his government rather than on both sides both the

well let's turn now to new york where russian foreign minister sergei lavrov met with secretary of state hillary clinton the central topic to their talks what to do about the situation in syria russia along with china have already vetoed previous attempts by the u.s. and the u.n. security council to try to pave the way to bring down the government of bashar al assad leaders from both russia and china say they're simply following international law and want to try to help the region come up with a diplomatic solution instead of getting foreign military involved are to correspond honest answer is in new york she's been monitoring all aspects of the visit and brings us more. if they're honest with coming out of these meetings of are we any closer to some sort of an agreement than we were a few weeks ago. well christine these meetings of today definitely come at a very important juncture like you mentioned russia and china have in the last five months vetoed two resolutions that were attempted to be pushed through by the united states in the west but unfortunately the steel meta remains after

that all sides of the conflict have to sit together and talk russian with the foreign minister sergei lavrov also said that russia thinks that a new u.n. security council resolution on syria can only succeed if it's not driven by the desire to let's rebels. street battles russia has previously vetoed the un security council resolutions on syria in october and fabry because those resolutions in russia's view were only putting pressure on assad and his government rather than on both sides of the conflict. moving on now officials claim ten thousand people took his treats of moscow to protest against presidential election victory but the turnout was far lower than for any rallies but the blame being whose own internal conflicts among the movement's leaders and the lack of clear goals and there's no firm date for a new opposition rally with some leaders suggesting absolute months pools until putin is inauguration. or. well it's fair to say that much less people came to this rally than initially expected by the organizers they were waiting for up to fifty thousand people while police said only aro

all right let's turn now to new york where russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met with the secretary of state hillary clinton last night central topic to their talks what to do about the situation in syria now you might remember russia along with china already vetoed previous attempts by the u.s. and the u.n. security council to try to pave the way to bring down the government of bashar al assad leaders from both russia and china say they're simply following international law and they want to try to help the region come up with a diplomatic solution r.t. correspondent on a saucer churkin now is in new york she's been monitoring all aspects of the routes visit and brings us more. i was out here to talk to me about the meetings today what's come out of them and what you think we can expect. well luck kristine us of russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and his counterparts at the united nations got together for a security council meeting really a rare occasion when foreign ministers descend upon the united nations to hold talks because everybody acknowledges that the seriousness of th

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov did address the media following that meeting saying that the u.n. security council should be guided by the basic principles and interests of the syrian people he said there has to be an immediate end to the violence and a cease fire is an absolute must but he said one point of view real not prevailed within the security council there hostage be compromise there has to be some concessions made for all parties to agree on the text of a resolution the u.s. and european countries have been pushing for regime change in syria over the past least half a year russia and china have used their veto powers to separate occasions because they said they would not support regime change in syria or for any other country for that matter they said syria should not be a repeat of what took place in libya mr lover when he was a addressing the media also said that when it came to resolution surrounding libya they were violated and language was undermined russia would not loud that to happen again but mr lover of said that russia is committed to supporting a resolut

foreign minister sergey lavrov made some of his toughest comments yet. the security council has been negotiating a statement to express its support for the mission of the u.n. and arab league special envoy kofi annan. the former u.n. secretary-general has been working to persuade syrian president bashar al assad to stop the crackdown on civilians. lavrov said russia is ready to endorse the statement in a legally binding resolution. he cited two conditions. annan's proposals must be presented to the security council in written form and the u.n. must not present an ultimatum to the syrian government. russia has strong ties with the assad administration. the country has twice vetoed a draft security council resolution condemning syria. our senior commentator and former middle east correspondent nobuhisa degawa joins us now. nobuhisa, syrian forces have gained ground, what does that mean for the assad administration's fight to control the country? >> it needs to continue to win back territory. the other administration wants to stop anti-government forces fro

foreign minister sergei lavrov made some of his toughest comments yet. the security council has been negotiating a statement to express its support for the mission of the u.n. and arab league special envoy kofi annan. the former u.n. secretary-general has been working to persuade syrian president bashar al assad to stop the crackdown on civilians. lavrov said russia is ready to endorse a statement and a legally binding resolution, cited two conditions, annan's proposals must be presented to the security council in written form and the u.n. must not present an ultimatum to the syrian government. russia has strong ties with the assad administration. the country has twice vetoed a draft security council resolution condemning syria. lavrov's announcement is seen as an attempt by russia to avoid international criticism by distancing it self from the assad administration. >>> a series of car bombs in cities across iraq killed at least 42 people on tuesday. march 20th marks the ninth anniversary of the start of the iraq war. in the northern city of kirkuk, a ca

secretary of state hillary clinton met privately with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov after a u.n. security council meeting in new york. the council convened after former u.n. chief and special envoy to syria kofi annan failed to persuade president assad to halt the crackdown. >> we expect all nations including russia and china to join us now in pressing the assad regime to silence its guns. >> lavrov said stopping the violence was more important than assigning blame. >> we shall not really think of putting the government and the opposition on one level, whether it's acceptable or not. it's about saving lives. >> lavrov warned the conflict would escalate if foreign troops intervened. >>> an escalation in tensions between israelis and palestinians has left at least 25 people dead. israel has targeted the gaza strip during four days of air strikes. the violence started on friday when israel bombed a car in gaza. the explosion killed the commander of the popular resistance committees, a palestinian militant coalition. israeli government officials say he was plotting a terrorist a

the proposals made by mr coffee on and were mentioned during your joint press conference with sergey lavrov and it was announced that russia and lebanon are determined to support these proposals all the way to document them as a un security council resolution what is your opinion of the essence of these proposals and that. the resolution hasn't been prepared but certain matters a big discussed of that firstly the worldwide five points of mr love ross proposal and i point certainly as a session of violence by all sides of the conflict the other points out ending a military intervention providing humanitarian aid to the needy searching for neutral monetary means and providing assistance to the special u.n. envoy kofi annan in his efforts these five points are the foundation for the joint work on taking syria out of the crisis and developing a fascination with these five settlement pez are very well balanced and logical who would speak against ending about it on all sides of the conflict whereas it had been previously said that the syrian government had to stop its aggression as if it was the

did get it as well as with the foreign minister sergei lavrov over the weekend very happy with what they wanted those meetings he said though that the the key issue now is to get both sides here in the syrian crisis to sit down together to put down their weapons and to talk things out and he was asked the question at a short press conference ruffian and he was asked should push other sides be removed from power that is one of the issues is serious when. he sat. there for this to. come to the table and find their way out of borders in terms of how long it will take to carry out to act outside of the what's contained in that man's piece cried he said well you can't put a timeframe on the fight to do so could be counterproductive to put it in place he also mentions foreign weapons being in the hands of the syrian opposition he said that it is possible that some foreign weapons bought for training had been given to syrian rebels fighting against the assad government he also called on countries like qatar and saudi arabia who have said that they are willing to provide troops within the city l

currently in a meeting with president dmitri made good of having earlier with foreign minister sergei lavrov now in those meetings. russia being having been outlining its position over dolly how the situation in syria can be resolved now the key points when they saw that there must be a cease fire and that the only way that russia can see a ceasefire achieved is through dialogue and that the guns must not be quite he keep finding their way into the hands of those rebels. russia saying that peace is basically you it's impossible unless that can be can be stopped now all of these things are all in the six point plan that was put forward by kofi annan now that also includes things like humanitarian aid being able to to reach the places where it's needed inside syria at least i say time put forward by by kofi annan to try and find peace there no the russians said coming out of that meeting with serbia lovelock we heard the foreign minister saying that russia supports a man's plan whether it will take time to be to be implemented now in syria itself how that plan's been received the. government s

at least the verbal support from the russian foreign ministry mr sergei lavrov supported the initiative by kofi annan and the rest of the international community also. to support this initiative mr kofi annan talk to the security the security council and urge the security council member to take a unified stand to support his initiative now these explosions actually show the needs of the success of this that announcement i mean although perhaps the objective seems to be to destroy or to create obstacles to his initiative this reversed kind of. indication this shows that there is an absolute need for this initiative to succeed and therefore that the international community should supported as mr lover of. called recently however mr lavrov also recently asked the western powers to actually pressures. the opposition to. not to escalate this situation and not to create more violence. i mean perhaps the message was that yes the russians and the chinese have the syrians to to try to maintain. remain calm and not to create more and more trouble in syria we need a period of of ceasefire in order

council to give the nod to the proposals he's put forward on the table now the russian from minister sergei lavrov has members of the u.n. security council to come forward and give this support russia is also calling for a political dialogue that will see an agreement between the syrian regime and the opposition. has handed over a set of balls also to syria i can assure you that these proposals do not mention any demands on president bashar al assad to step down i believe it's up to the syrian people to decide this issue we will endorse any consensus decision that the government and all opposition groups come to as a result of dialogue russia is not supporting the syrian regime we support the launch of a political process a cease fire is needed for that in the first place in the coming days there will be a delegation from the united nations visiting syria to assess what is the reality on the ground and this is the latest effort to reach some kind of political agreement between the sunni and the opposition. james at petrus a sociology professor at the big and university in new york says the bombing

indicated that its response to announce proposals is positive now the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has urged all neighbors of the international community to back this mission with lavrov saying that russia puts its weight behind it because of this those fish i hope this mission won't be ruined we have a feeling it every time we manage to achieve some positive change in the stance of damascus there's an immediate counterweight reaction and any steps forward are just missed i hope this won't be the case of how countries in the middle east and some western states treat the mission of kofi and i it was very strange that after his first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed we're standing definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr in arms and we hope that other members of the security council also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce mission but you do have a differences of opinion in the u.n. on the one hand you have the united states foreign some question and on t

to help to end the conflict however russian foreign minister sergey lavrov stressed again but any interference in syria's internal affairs is an exception. from washington now as details from damascus. hopes are fading already but this mission will succeed the leader of the syrian national council a turkey based opposition group recognized by e.u. as a legitimate representative of the syrian people has said that alan's comments and his idea to find their way out of crisis through dialogue are disappointing while syrian people here are being massacred every day here in the country but hunger you has also said that any political solution will only work here in syria if it's a compliment by military pressure on the regime of bashar al assad calls to give more weapons to the rebels and to provide them with any help they need have become especially loud after the rebels withdraw from the baba amr neighborhood in heart of the conflict following the army's operation there saudi arabia and carter have been among the most active supporters of the militarization of the conflict in syria calling the idea

be a call for regime change by the security council we did hear from russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov he addressed the security council saying that now is the time at this stage the international community should be putting all of its focus on supporting humanitarian assistance into syria getting both sides of the conflict in syria to engage finally in a dialogue and to get a cease fire accomplished in syria mr lavrov said now is not the time for bickering and blaming and holding one side accountable the other side of accountable at this point while as many many lives are continue to be at risk in syria it is most important to get both sides to put their arms down and to get the bullets to stop flying now russia's foreign minister says that moscow remains committed to supporting a resolution in the security council that house to be a balanced resolution that does not take sides a resolution that focuses on the people of syria and bringing aid to those that have been hurt and compromised from the ongoing violence that's been you know waging for nearly a year russia's foreign minister s

some consensus speaking after the meeting with his arab counterparts russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said they haven't out a common plan that sends a clear message to all the sides being involved in this crisis there's going to go we've agreed a joint position of five main points first to stop violence wherever it comes from second to create an impartial and independent monitoring system third no external interference for the unrestricted delivery of humanitarian aid to all syrians and finally the firm support of kofi annan is mission to start a political dialogue between the government and all opposition groups. so join two arab league envoy is currently on a peace mission here in damascus both their sources and within the country opposition welcomed the initiative but the efforts were dismissed even before the island's arrival to syria by and now the opposition group based outside the country the syrian national council recognized by many countries by e.u. as the legitimate representative of the syrian people thinking for democratic changes firmly rejected talks with the govern

turmoil speaking after the meeting with a haircut counterparts in cairo russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov says the agreed plan sounds an important message to all sides in the syrian conflict. we've agreed a joint position of five main points first to stop finance wherever it comes from secular to create an impartial and independent monitoring system for which no external interference forces the unrestricted deliberations humanitarian needs to syrians and finally the firm support of christian and submission just not political stuff between the government and all of those issues because you've seen it was it's a new group they are banned or coffee on and is currently on a peace mission and damascus but his efforts were dismissed before they officially began a series external opposition firmly rejected the government talks the group's renewed calls for military pressure on the regime was followed by qatar suggestion to deploy foreign troops to syria but as our national ports outside interference in the country's conflict is raising fears of an even bigger crisis. as the syrian conflict stret

assad fails to implement like a fiend on six point peace plan and now we had foreign minister sergey lavrov speech in today at a meeting with his lebanese counterpart and he said the russians are ready to back that statement and not just the statement that actually thought this was a resolution of that crucially once again in the wording they did say that only in the wording that's new also made since not really what we're going to come down see once again the previous t.v. tape that russia has wielded at these u.n. security council meetings has been because of the wording how will they see as one sided resolutions say they get if there's anything in the wording that they feel nonce in all states and then the not won't get head say that's really going to be once again what it wrestle so well to have been these increased words in the last couple of days i will say one very much a city statement can be tilted later on today that's going to be what the sticking point is again so you talk about kofi annan six point peace plan of course of the u.n. special envoy to syria we're talking about here

to give the nod to the proposals he's put forward on the table now the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has urged members of the u.n. security council to come forward and give his support russia is also calling for a political dialogue that will see an agreement between the syrian regime and the opposition around you but you promised i have to stress that russia is not supporting the syrian regime we support the launch of a political process a cease fire is really true that in the first place russia will do everything for their opinion and in the coming days there will be a delegation from the united nations visiting syria to assess what is the reality on the ground and this is the latest effort to reach some kind of political agreement between the sunni authorities and the opposite. u.n. special envoy kofi annan has urged the world body most powerful group to support his peace mission but rob lyons from the online news magazine spiked believes some countries may create serious hurdles for announce diplomatic efforts spray difficult to see how far kofi america can get because america br

well kofi annan has already held a meeting with sergey lavrov the foreign minister be meeting with the with president dmitry medvedev a little later on now from that meeting with love from all of we've heard the from the russian side saying that they are very happy with their meeting that they tell me such a. happy this kofi annan has said that in no way does he want to see any kind of military solution to the situation in syria and that it will need time though in order for this diplomatic solution that he's put forward to you to come to fruition now with that meeting coming up with president medvedev it in less than an hour expecting not to take place we heard from one of the president's foreign policy advisers he said that it's also plan to put forward. their opinion that they think hyundai no peace in syria as long as weapons and support from outside the country keep finding their way into the hands of the syrian opposition now that's probably a point that's going to be put forward from. by president recommitted to kofi annan russia of course one of the major i think is in trying t

annan has been in moscow holding talks with president dmitry medvedev as well as foreign minister sergei lavrov talking about the call going quite as syria now kofi annan is the author of a six point plan to try and bring around peace in the country now included in this this plan a universal cease fire also that humanitarian aid be allowed to. get into those parts of syria that need it most also that dialogue take place between the sides in the ongoing crisis there now during that meeting to present dmitri medvedev saying just how important the anon plan could be to the future of syria. for syria describing the last chance to avoid a protracted and bloody civil war we very much hope that your mission will be successful we will provide you with any assistance necessary out on the level and in any way of course and russia is capable of providing the requirement support. well for his part kofi anon has said that he hopes for russia's assistance and advice in going about putting his plan into place now. the assad government seems to be willing to go to the table to have talks so russia have made th