resolution on syria russia's foreign minister went to damascus to talk to the syrian leader shortly after having arshad agreed to negotiate now many say the russian mediation may be the last chance to settle the conflict diplomatic so is it really possible to bring back peace and stability to syria and void a large scale military conflict. little east report contributing to. the un security council is debating two rival resolutions on syria the one between russia and china was proposed by the arab league the western powers. or the syrian president to step down proposing something canonic sanctions including an arms embargo the russian version of visions ending the violence through negotiations only and all of the west whole. school succeeded. and the opposition agreed to get around the table.

plans to team up with the arab league and restart a monitoring mission and coffee tour in syria that follows russia's and going calls for the international community to support moscow in efforts to mediate a peace deal in syria government forces are shelling several areas including the flashpoint city of homs damascus says it's conducting an take terror operation there but activists are accusing the government of a massacre and say hundreds of civilians have been killed over the past week series and there are foreign media blackout making their reality on the ground hard to confirm and the opposition is making the. and easier as in our user we're just how many people are being killed other than reports. the syrian observatory for human rights it's one of the most widely quoted sources of syrian casualty figures but it's not always telling the truth and ownership the syrian observatory for human rights says left several media outlets quoting false information as to rivals.

and china veto the un resolution on syria russia's foreign minister went to damascus to talk to the syrian leader shortly after having a shot. to negotiate now many say the russian mediation may be the last chance to settle the conflict diplomatic so is it really possible to bring back peace and stability to syria and a large scale military conflict. middle east report contributing to that by. the un security council is debating two rival resolutions on syria the one between by russia and china was proposed by the arab league the western powers. it tickles for the syrian president to step down and proposes something canonic sanctions including an arms embargo the russian version of visions ending the violence through negotiations only and all over the west old. school succeeded as. both bash and the opposition agreed to get around the table. mr rabbani welcome to the show thank you very much for coming for being with us and my first question is about the mediaeval moscow has become a many enter in the talks between the syrian oppositi

russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firstly that the weapons and arms are that russia provides to syria cannot be used against demonstrators thus don't influence anything that goes on inside syria when it comes to this conflict now secondly russia says that it is only following its legal obligations it's following its international contracts with syria and it's not breaching any international laws at all and most importantly it says that the lessons of libya need to be large because when an arms embargo was put in place on libya what ended up happening was government forces were embargoed but the opposition groups continued to receive openly arms from abroad and this is something that they don't want to see in syria and russia says it's time for the west to stop pretending like armed groups don't exist over there. it would seem logical if there is a conflict let's not supply arms and we saw what happened in libya in an imperfect world this would have meant the following no weap

in syria now russia's stance has always been to condemn both sides in this situation its on the ongoing violence in the middle eastern country they aren't taking the side of one of the other saying well the governments have some questions to answer but both sides have to lay down their arms and get around a peace table to discuss this out how their issues now speaking today speaking on monday what we've heard from serbia love as well an attack against those who came after him we heard condemnation from the united states from france and from great britain over russia's decision to veto that security council resolution and this is what he had to say in response. should. we could have achieved consensus at the u.n. security council and we asked them to give us more time with your so that we could discuss the situation following our visit to damascus on february seventh they chose to push for the vote and it means that they wanted to find someone to blame for what's happening in syria and to distract the public from the actions of armed groups which receive weapons and advice from abroad th

security council not to allow a three day extension to the vote being taken on a resolution on syria russia wanted to extend it by three days so surrogate lover of could go to damascus on this planned visit now he's going to be taking with him a message from president dmitri medvedev it's believed that message will be asking for strong democratic changes in syria now russia's stance has always been to condemn both sides in this situation it's all the ongoing violence in the middle eastern country they aren't taking the side of one of the other saying well the governments have some questions to answer but both sides have to lay down their arms and get around a peace table to discuss this out how they're issues and this is what he had to say in response. to that we could have achieved consensus at the u.n. security council so that we asked them to give us more time with your so that we could discuss the situation following our visit to damascus on february seventh they chose to push for the vote and it means that they wanted to find someone to blame for what's happening in syria and to distra

security council and swelling violence within syria ati's an italian overcover has the details. the main goal of russia's delegation in syria today is to stop the violence that's coming from both sides of the conflict to have them sit down and the negotiation table and talk now russian delegation to syria today is headed by the country's foreign minister sergei lavrov and together with foreign intelligence chiefs because of fraud calls they bear a message from russians residents of president assad's message that's calling on for siller syria's democratic changes in the country and while the speculations have it that those changes may include a change of regime sergei lavrov suggested that asking presidents of certain countries to step down is not a russian profession now this comes after russia vetoed for the second time u.n. security council's resolution on syria previously russia had asked the u.n. security council not to wash with such decisions and give russian delegation a chance to visit damascus one more time to talk to president assad once more before voting on the resolution however that request

ground so really all these passions flying we do know that russia will be the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov will be in damascus syria tomorrow with russia's chief intelligence officer to try to conduct talks on the ground whereas what we know the u.s. and the e.u. are up to right now is trying to find ways to come up with regional and national sanctions so while what's going to happen we'll have to wait and see russia's been calling for talks from the syrian government on the opposition this entire time but it's also been quite surprised to see the reaction of the west when it comes to this veto because it's been saying even before the veto took place the vote took place that it would not support this text that promotes regime change and that it was calling for a few extra days of negotiations before the vote took place and it's just been sad to quote russia to see that this kind of surprising reaction take a listen to what the russian foreign minister said on this. your clue is that the western comments on the outcome of the un security council vote on syria sound indecent and almost hysterical in this connection i

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russia is worried, what happens next if syria falls? what's likely is the stands, uzbekistan, those countries on russia's border, those are likely to be next. >> in terms of autocratic regimes toppling. >> that's the last thing russia wants. it's drawing the line in the sand on syria. >> and you have unrest in russia itself, an election that appears to be contested by a guy who has ruled without any dissent for a decade. vladimir putin. >> that's exactly right. he wants to make it clear russia's policy is there should be no foreign intervention in domestic affairs. >> let's just be honest here, daniel. i think a lot of the perception is that al assad is going to go. for a while, they thought he would stay, then go. but you think he could stay? >> i think it's likely, especially if russia and china maintain their support. hees got a very powerful military. it's a different situation to libya or elsewhere. the rest of the town, they're on the borders with jordan, turkey, within the center of syria itself where there is quite a and he's got

russia is worried, what happens next if syria falls? ikely is the stands, uzbekistan, those countries on russia's border, those are likely to be next. >> in terms of autocratic regimes toppling. >> that's the last thing russia wants. it's drawing the line in the sand on syria. >> and you have unrest in russia itself, an election that appears to be contested by a guy who has ruled without any dissent for a decade. vladimir putin. >> that's exactly right. he wants to make it clear russia's policy is there should be no foreign intervention in domestic affairs. because of course, what he doesn't want is the international community to turn their attention to russian protests. >> let's just be honest here, daniel. i think a lot of the perception is that al assad is going to go. for a while, they thought he would stay, then go. but you think he could stay? >> i think it's likely, he will stay, especially if russia and china maintain their support. he's got a very powerful military. it's a different situation to libya or elsewhere. the rest of t

in terms of russia and china who imposed impose the foreign involvement of course in syria we've been talking about critics are saying that they china and russia will have to bear the responsibility for further blood said is it fair to argue that our right same time you could say the same about western allies and what happened with the u.n. mandate in libya i totally agree with that and of the many remarks made by western politicians following the security council vote i thought that was one of the worst. it is of course true as you suggest in your question that intervention can itself make things work worse and i think that's true not just of military intervention it's pretty obvious to be this in libya the military intervention made things worse in spite of what the western powers claimed the most conservative estimates of fifty thousand civilians were killed during the nato operation and that surely far more than would have been killed even if the worst propaganda had been true about colonel gadhafi but the same is true of political lives page we saw the scene you can slow it here

all eyes are on syria tonight as president assad promises reform but will it be too little too late we'll tell you about russia's latest attempts to diffuse the tension between syria. and the world once again despite has been taken into the heart of baghdad were not on the outskirts were not in greater baghdad they're sitting off of the sidelines and into the story that a journalist a restful life and limb for the inside scoop but other relations between reporter and subject becoming a little too close to be considered objective. is a ridiculous no no you're rewarding job i have a child i need a job i think they do the job and they can do a little bit better than what they're doing now it's a hard knock life for the u.s. that's right just blocks away from the wall street ball is america's poorest districts welcome to the south bronx. it's tuesday february seventh seven pm in washington d.c. i'm liz wall and you're watching our t.v. . we begin tonight with syria where deadly violence is escalating the u.n. estimates the death toll now at over six thousand and as the world watches clashing opinions about what to d

russia's foreign minister says the libyan scenario will foreign intervention or risk being repeated in syria as a cases built against the assad regime to justify external military action. a fresh wave of downgrade sweeps the struggling euro zone six nations get their debt ratings cut all while greece faces further bailout hurdles from the e.u. despite its latest harsh austerity plan. and russia's military predicts the west might decide on a strike on iran before summer as clouds gather over terror on calling israeli accusations the islamic republic was behind monday's attacks on diplomatic personnel. midnight in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story moscow says there is significant risk the libyan scenario of foreign intervention could soon be repeated in syria russia's foreign minister warned the cases being built against the regime in damascus that could be used to justify external military action sergey lavrov was speaking with journalist during a trip to the netherlands artie's igor piskun reports from the hague. criticised the idea to put together the so

that calls for syrian president bashar al assad to step aside, but russia and now china subject to any call for regime change. in syria, government forces intensified operations in areas controlled by rebels outside the capital and in homs. >> even as russia again underscored its opposition to the united nations resolution, fighting in homs was intensifying. the rebels express their disappointment, saying the only way to bring peace to syria is for president assad to step down. for now, hopes for international intervention have been dashed. many feared the departure of the president would mean chaos and civil war. and that they have no right to interfere in our affairs. we can solve our own problems. >> that is essentially the same argument russia is making at the united nations security council. >> the draft resolution only deepens the crisis further. we will not allow it to pass. that is our final word. >> still, western diplomats and the arab league are working behind closed doors, searching for wording that russia might find acceptable. >> i'm not trying to sound over optimistic, but in my opinion, russia's attitu

and international studies, turkey's foreign minister is here to talk about the up uprisings in syria, russia and china a vetoed a resolution seeking to stop the violence in that nation. there's a resolution that is sought to the tensions in syria. we expect it to shortly and we will have live coverage on it when it does. >>> president obama signed a nuclear arms reduction treaty after radification was signed, and we will hear from officials from the state department and secretary of state forearms control, that will begin at 1: 00 eastern and you can see it live on our companion station, c-span2. >>> we expect this meeting to start any moment. obama is expected to speak on the religious institutions having to cover birth control for women free of charge, the administration announced last month that religious affiliated employers had to include birth control as part of their employment. the president will make an announcement this afternoon, and we are hoping to bring that to you live on the cpsan networks. >>. >>> okay, ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for coming. my name is john henry. i

syria. but one of russia's main concerns in syria was the prevention of military action similar to that thing in libya but now the resolution had been blocked the only way for western nations to intervene is to go beyond the un mandate which is unlikely that the belief of professor simon chan from the chinese university of hong kong to chinese have a zones of being true twenty because they hope and authorize nato for using force and you get what. do you earn burned it has been you it was written as it to be in the opposition more so are the chinese citizens of truman's time which means it's unlikely for them to boards for anything that is similar to the situation of. an image reaction was is likely it must be gone beyond you which means to do so would have to buy cars to you a platform. in the moon which i don't think is possible and probably. well still to come on the program western after mommy warfare and iran tehran finds itself unable to carry out financial transactions and brothel bomber designs to freeze the account i mean bronstein told bank. and ancient nature in the coldest spot on

you were talking about the relationship between russia and syria the relationship between china and syria i know one of the popular analyses given today regarding russia's decision to video was you know that it sells arms to syria and so it was in russia's economic interest i want to play though what the foreign minister of russia russia sergei lavrov said and then we can talk about it ok. deceased in your presence though some western comments on the outcome of the un security council vote on syria sound indecent and almost hysterical in this connection i can't remember the saying that those who are angry are really right again with these hysterical statements attempts are being made to create a false picture of what is really going on in syria and what's really happening is that there are several and not just one source of violence in syria that's always a response to that. love roughest absolutely correct in fact you know what he did he sent older russian amendments to the arab league concocted and then the british french us read back the resolution to hillary clinton personally so mrs

britain has recruited its ambassador to syria as well know who warned russia's attempts not to allow the repetition over the libyan scenario in syria and here's this report by sara first. devices on every level the syrian crisis displace opinion from the streets to the international stage the united states is disgusted that a couple members of this council continue to prevent us from fulfilling our sole purpose here this is a doomed regime as well as a murdering regime there is no way it can get its credibility back internationally or with its own people. when you come when you realize that you see what a mistake russia is making by backing this regime so many in the west russia's decision along with china to veto the u.n. resolution on syria is difficult to understand america's u.n. envoy described the decision to shameful and accuse the countries of attempting to sell out the syrian people and the shielding a tyrant the right from the very beginning of russia has been very clear on its stance of the quite this in syria and in its continued calls for dialogue. alongside calls for the

the united states is seeking the support of european and arab league countries against syria. russia and china vetoed a resolution on saturday calling on syria to stop carrying out violence against its citizens. since the security council vote, the syrian government has escalated its attacks. the u.s. has given up on seeking cooperation from russia and china. it now plans to impose additional sanctions on syria with the support of european countries and the arab league. the u.s. has begun talks with turkey, who recently imposed its own economic sanctions on the country. >> it's going to involve, first and foremost, working with as many countries as we can to strengthen regional sanctions, unilateral sanctions against the assad regime. >> japanese manufacturers are moving factories overseas. they are trying to survive these tough economic times. ai, good morning to you. >> good morning. now we're talking about japan's biggest auto maker, toyota. they are trying to survive the strong yen. the auto maker announces they'll move from japan to the u.s. hybrid and non-hybrid models to india

attending a security conference. >> massacres are taking place in syria today and it is not only regrettable but reprehensible that china and russia have prevented the kinds of actions that need to be taken to put an end to the blood letting that is going on in syria. >> president barack obama had urged the council to take a stand against what he called the relentless brutality of president assad. we know the name of the man that police say is responsible for stealing a car off a dealership lot in downtown san jose and it was caught on tape. it is a story you will only see here. police arrested the man yesterday on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, felony hit and run, and battery on an officer. this video clearly shows him getting into a car in a dealership and driving it straight off the lot. the dealership left the car running to charge the batteries. minutes later police say the thief was speeding through the streets, blowing through red lights and crashing into another car. the driver of that car is in the hospital. he stopped the stolen car a block from the accident and tried to run away but was chased down by a poli

other side it does not hold according to russia does not hold the opposition accountable for any of the violence that has taken place over the past eleven months in syria now russia did propose some of its amendments to be. made rather to this draft resolution that you mentioned is sponsored by arab states and co-sponsored by sixty member states of the united nations but according to reports russia's amendments were rejected and now some of those amendments were highlighted by russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov during his visit to vienna let's take a listen to what he had to say. those new tools that we've been asked to vote on a resolution that only asks government forces to withdraw from cities and basically hunter them over to armed groups but it's very unclear who these groups are there are muslim brotherhood members army does their actors but there's also al qaida it's not by chance that al qaeda is leader has called on everyone to unite in a fight against the syrian president assad's regime used to who we would hand syria over if such an approach one. now merino we were looking also at our earlier at live pictures from the u.n. general assem

russia says it will veto the latest u.n. security council resolution on syria unless the draft is changed while moscow admits that progress has been made it's yet to see a text that explicitly rules out military intervention russia is also reluctant to stop selling equipment to damascus saying that would leave syria. to recognize rebel forces with weapons smuggled from abroad artes and us to see a check and reports. russia says it won't accept even a hint of an embargo on arms embargo when it comes to syria and its reasoning for this is pretty simple it says firstly that the weapons and arms are that russia provides to syria cannot be used against demonstrators thus don't influence anything that goes on inside syria and when it comes to this conflict now secondly russia says that it is only following its legal obligations it's following its international contracts with syria and it's not breaching any international laws at all and most importantly it says that the lessons of libya need to be large because when an arms embargo was put in place on libya what ende

peacekeeping mission in syria but foreign minister sergei lavrov says that a cease fire should be achieved before any mission of this kind could be deployed arty sarraf earth has the latest. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov was meeting today with his you're a counterpart they were discussing the ongoing situation in syria over the weekend of course the arab league called for a need joint u.n. peacekeeping mission to enter the country now the first minister responded today schools by saying the russians would consider that proposal but the evidence haitian that would come with a number of conditions. first would you deploy a peacekeeping mission we need the agreement of the host secondly there should first be peace which the peacekeeping mission will then help sustain you know the words there should be a kind of cease fire agreement but the trouble is that armed groups for you with the regime's forces cannot listen to anyone or not control anyone that one of the crucial points tonight and what the foreign minister had said was that damascus would have to agree to that plan and the arab league proposal was rejected by it and asked he called it see one side is simply backing t

syria the u.n. estimates the death toll now what over six thousand russia and china facing condemnation from the west an arab states for their decision to veto a u.n. resolution on syria as diplomatic efforts fail a list is growing of countries pulling their basters out of syria yesterday the u.s. shut down their own busy the u.k. called its ambassador or recalled its ambassador to damascus and today france spain italy all called their ambassadors home the united arab emirates bahrain saudi arabia oman qatar and kuwait did the same it's all aimed at putting pressure on the assad regime and while they want president assad to step down russia and china refuse to choose sides are going to pour in i joined us just a short while ago from new york and gave me the latest on the conflict after getting heavy criticism for not backing the resolution for assad to step down i asked her just why isn't russia and china caving into pressure from the international community. the reason there's many reasons for it liz but one of the many reasons is the fact that russia and china will not support any draft resolution