un arab league envoy on the syrian crisis will brief the deadlock u.n. security council his peace mission it's wide open with kofi annan on its findings can bring world leaders together to find a solution is a serious twelve months of turmoil. and thousands of egyptians are protesting against police negligence on a football stadium style in which killed seventy four people last month and some incurring frustration about how one readership is failing to bring change. thanks star into taming guide to the russian capital is moscow. t.-bone phillips topside crazed minced there are many cuts and ways we can put meat or a dog is such meat produce a russian or international restaurant and shocking scene has flourished in must drive the cost for decades of course meat has been popular in russia for centuries but now it's a whole different game. meat festivals food exhibitions and conferences such as world meets moscow and are part of the on your calendar. meetings while first location now a welcome to spent more central markets the store here unites the farmers

. >> the most crucial visit will be back of the un arab league envoy kofi annan. he has a balanced approach that just might succeed against dogs. if he cannot do it, probably -- against august'odds. if he cannot do it, and probably no one else can. and >> leon panetta was before a hearing today where he found that all options are possible to help the syrian people, but he came under a heated grilling by john mccain, who is advocating limited air strikes and claims the u.s. is showing a failure of leadership. >> can you tell us how long the killing would have to continue, how many additional civilian lives would have to be lost to convince you the military measures of this kind that we are proposing to end the killing, how many more have to dive? -- to die? >> i think the question is the effort to try to build an international consensus as to what actually we do take. that makes the most sense. what does not make sense is to take unilateral action at this point. we are not divided, and we are not holding back. this the administration has led in iraq. we led in liby

the un, the arab league appointed a joint high profile envoy with a mandate from the arab league initiative and un general assembly resolution. just this morning the un human rights council in geneva overwhelmingly passed a strong resolution, the council's fourth, essentially describing the situation in syria as a man-made humanitarian disaster. and we all know the identity of the man responsible for that disaster. these are just some of the examples of regional and international resolve. nevertheless, as both of you have described, we've also seen the assad regime has intensified its vicious attacks against the syrian people. the situation is, frankly, horrific including indiscriminate artillery fire against entire neighborhoods. today's reports from homs are truly alarming. large numbers of syrians are living every day under siege, deprived of basic necessities including food, clean water and medical supplies. women and children are wounded and dieing for lack of treatment. innocent people are detained and tortured and their families left to fear the worst. yet despite the regime's brutal

russia says it hopes western and arab countries don't ruin the un arab league envoy for peace mission to syria hopes ride on whether kofi annan is findings can bring world leaders together to find a solution to syria's twelve months of terror. thousands of egyptians have protested against police negligence on a football stadium stand here which killed seventy four people last month growing frustration over the new leadership is failing to bring change. next more from the unique urals hasn't got you through the russian city. a two hour floyd east of moscow will land you in a city called. it's one of russia's most populous ministers capitals and the industrial and cultural center of the european urals. lying on the banks of the comma river it's home to almost one million people and as you take a walk around it's easy to see that this is a russian city trying to create an impression. poem is quickly make you name for itself in the contemporary art world the generous local government grants means there's something colorful crunchy. just colossal around almost every color. and right here i

calls on foreign forces to move in meanwhile the president has responded positively to the un arab league's these proposals to mediate ceasefire by both sides. and illegal immigrants coming to the u.k. in search of work or finding their dreams ending in home. because many have no idea . hello welcome to the world of sports it's cool to have you company people coming out. pain in spain moscow's champions league journey is over for another year at least following a full on defeat to real madrid in the spanish capital. all set world number one novak djokovic she was taken all the way to three sets by spaniard. on his way to the last eight in indian wells. and darkest on the limpid legacy our team travels to the russian republic to look at the region's a limpet success past present and future. but for us to ask our moscow have been knocked out of the way for champions league a full under feint to nine times winners a real madrid in the spanish capital one to five two loss on aggregate well gonzalo higuaín spurs passed right put the spanish side ahead and it was a link they never relinquished tw

happen with the attitude of countries in the middle east and some western states to the mission of un arab league envoy kofi anon and it was very strange that two days after is first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claim the mission had already failed i think it's irresponsible we're sending definite signals to damascus to cooperate with mr anon and we hope that other members of the security council will also demand the opposition does not provoke the escalation of violence and cooperates with mr nonce missions. you. know mr lavrov also mentioned last week i highlighted the fact that russia and the arab league hard came up with a five point plan to help bring peace to syria and that includes our unintended humanitarian assistance and access in syria and also an immediate cease fire where both sides put their weapons out and begin to engage in dialogue according to the united nations more than eight thousand people have been killed in syria since this violence began a year ago so here we have the security council once again meeting behind closed doors speaking to mr anon a

happen with the attitude of countries in the middle east and some western states to the mission of un arab league envoy kofi annan are and it was very strange that two days after is your first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claimed the mission had already failed so i think it's irresponsible we see that their efforts are being made continually on on the international level at this point if mr arnaout i get the support he is asking for from the security council maybe eventually we'll see some some peace process coming to syria but at this point there is going to be a mission heading to damascus this weekend to continue. a plan. but rob lyons a deputy editor of online magazine spites believes the position of some international players may create serious hurdles for about their fanatic efforts. because america. is very clear that they want to do regime change in syria but not . settle for anything less than that and as a result the syrian government doesn't want to be replaced so there is a basic. situation. and trying to seem to be hoping for some kind of between sort of s

russia says it hopes western and arab countries don't move in the un arab league envoy for peace mission to syria hopes ride on whether kofi annan spine things can bring world leaders together on a solution to syria's twelve months of turmoil. and thousands of egyptians have protested against police in that instance or in a football stadium stampede which killed seventy four people last month and something growing frustration at the leadership is failing to bring change. to the next as the u.s. led campaign in afghanistan suffers a double blow for a town about an afghan government cross-talk ways up americans struggling strategy . can start. to. flow and welcome to crossfire computer a little bit cracked meyer continues after the killing spree by a u.s. soldier the burning of korans and the gist of creation of taliban forces the u.s. says it remains committed to its afghan strategy this is at a time when some american super hawks contend the war is all but lost the occupation is coming to an end but under whose terms. can. get prostate cancer u.s. afghan relations i'm joined by landau in

tell me the un arab league envoy to syria kofi anon has appeared a trip made some sort of progress on appeasing damascus to be succeed in finding the peace which has so far proved a loser. about the syrian regime probably. more than look better by getting position no falling back it's a new drift in from the position list of ministers the problem there is probably a little kind of in stand the thought of you can put the opposition through that it's all because of the way it is being the next but somehow assistance would come ons it would help the opposition to the regime which is making the opposition reprint mental abbas rather hard line position we spoke he was in the bush. so we. have to compromise on the kind we're going to send to the people and those to the regime position without this would be very difficult to find peaceful solution for this hour on live from foreign land that was awesome and i know we have the executive director of a panther concert come out. well we would like to know what you think about the situation in syria you can log onto our website r t dot com to tak

says it hopes western and arab countries don't ruin the un arab league envoy peace mission to syria and un's most powerful group will get an update on the syrian crisis on friday from kofi annan it's hoped his findings not breathe new life into stalled talks on anything that you know about its middle east correspondent joins us now with more on. must listen by the former head of the united nations call for a man is the latest attempt to solve diplomatically what is happening in syria and later today friday and now and will brief and update members of the u.n. security council guarding the latest proposals on the table and these include an immediate halt to the fighting in military assistance to civilians who've been caught up in the crossfire as well as political debate and political involvement now last weekend coffee and i was in damascus where he met with the syrian president bashar assad as well as the opposition and he went on record after those meetings and say that the door was open to a diplomatic solution and at the same time the syrian regime has indicated that its response to

for a diplomatic solution present responded positively to peace proposals put forward by the un arab league envoy kofi annan bang crude and immediate cease fire by both sides access for humanitarian aid and the start of political dialogue despite that opposition leaders admit some foreign governments are sending weapons to support the rebels political analyst chris bambery says it shows that neither the opposition new nato states have peace on their minds. the opposition know senses they have support from the west from the gulf states and saudi arabia and iran just going to call back although they themselves are quite for fragmented and or simply for the fragmentation we're already seeing on coming in from saudi from probably told from the west the french the americans and i suspect the british as well i couldn't be more fighting and more deaths rory is in this group of friends of syria met and they are there all these i said advisor. sense military advisors been sent to the free syrian army arms are coming coming in with saudi arabia has been involved in stalking of satyr intentions itself

our top story the un arab league envoy kofi annan surged the un security council to break the political deadlock on syria he said unity over the crisis will help his peace mission comments he made during his briefing to the party about his findings following his recent visit to damascus let's talk more about this now and join our correspondent in new york report. even now this video conference between new york and geneva were announced office is based is now over in the last hour what do you know about what was said. what we know so far kevin is the fact that. special envoy kofi annan said that he will be sending his team to damascus as early as this weekend to begin to scarfing plans his plans to deploy international monitors there he said the first objective is to of course stop all the violence and bloodshed taking place in syria and to establish an impended humanitarian assistance for all those in need in syria he said if the syrian conflict is not handled properly and handled quickly the end result could be disastrous for the entire region kofi annan the u.n. arab league special en

diplomatic solution and present settlers responded positively to its proposals put forward by the un arab league and right. and i'm committed immediate cease fire by both sides access corporate aid and the start of political dialogue and this is why that opposition leaders and some foreign governments are selling weapons to support the rebels political analyst chris that marie says it shows that even the opposition or nato states it's on their minds. the opposition no senses they have support from the west from the gulf states and saudi arabia and aren't just going to call back although they themselves are quite for fragmented and or simply for the fragment of fragmentation we're already seeing arms coming in from so de from probably it's ok from the west the french the americans and i suspect the british as well i think if we move fighting and more death row is in this group of friends of syria met him they are there all these i said advisor has been a good sense of military advisors been sent to the free syrian army arms are coming coming in with saudi arabia has been involved in stalking out

its push for peace moscow wants a cease fire without preconditions and is indorsing the joint un arab league peace effort led by kofi annan but meanwhile damascus is going ahead with more democratic reforms with parliamentary elections now do you in may with you tells us he's paula slipped. we continue to hear reports of spiraling violence with new reports of dozens of people being killed on both sides we're hearing from the leaders of the syrian opposition saying that they have been promised weapons from abroad but they are still calling for a political and diplomatic solution the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov has expressed his concern that these weapons good end up in the hands of al-qaeda is also said that calls from qatar for some kind of military intervention and so far all attempts to reach some kind of cease fire has proven to amount to nothing on monday yesterday the united nations security council met and their muscle expressed grave concern and said better was of most importance that a cease fire is reached immediately now the former head of the united nations coffee anon

happen with the attitude of countries in the middle east and some western states to the mission of un arab league envoy kofi annan are and it was very strange that two days after is your first visit to damascus the opposition syrian national council claim the mission had already failed so i think it's irresponsible we see that their efforts are being made continually on on the international level at this point if mr arnaout gets the support he is asking for from the security council maybe eventually will see some some peace process coming to syria but at this point there is going to be a mission heading to damascus this weekend to continue mr mansour plan report correspondent in new york will dr marcus papadopoulos manolis from the online magazine politics first he told us a man's mission should be hailed for its balance terms towards the syrian unrest but i think first of all kofi announced mission in syria needs to be applauded by the international community for having approach the situation in syria with impartiality in fact he spoke consume members of the syrian government including president

stories and the news that shape that we see a russian president has offered his full support to the un arab league and always peace mission in syria saying it may be the last chance to avoid a prolonged and bloody civil war that as coffee and i wanted to make sure it's there to help talks in moscow. in front of the murder of seven people in toulouse by a night of cheer in origin throughout the country under the spotlight as extras highlight the dangerously widespread social exclusion of minorities. trying to target the really is the budget. punishment for bad behavior that gripe about this promise to north korea if it goes ahead with a controversial satirize launch next month so we'll look at what's behind the increased pressure on pyongyang and washington. you're watching our she's weekly review hello and welcome to the program russia says coffee announced peace efforts could be the last chance to see red to avoid plunging into a long lasting bloody civil war the joint u.n. arab league special envoy and the russian president have help talks in moscow to discuss ending the violence and to get both

un arab league's and voice mission which calls for a ceasefire dialogue between the sides. of your rights groups discovered the u.s. is still sending afghan detainees to prisons which have records of torture. and pain for justice with their jobs british construction workers livelihoods of the funding of the police were involved in money and in legal blacklist. worldwide news around the clock this is our duty of life in the russian capital with me. moscow says it will support a un resolution endorsing the peace plan drawn up by the united nations envoy to syria kofi annan but russia's foreign minister has said moscow will not back the mandate if it contains an ultimatum let's get more on this now from joining us live from central moscow sara russia has taken a firm line with the u.n. over syria so far are we starting to see a change there. certainly i think this is going to be seen by many people is perhaps a toughening of russia's stance towards syria russia is that me out it is voice. of concern in recent days to you know just came in and said that in the country even to s

those points include calling for an immediate end to all violence a cease fire on both sides un arab league envoy kofi annan also wrapped up his two day trip. he said that syria is ready to make a success of honest effort to find a solution for the events that are taking place there but neither sides were ready to reach consensus neither sides meaning the assad government or the opposition groups both are saying that they're willing to participate in dialogue but no neither side has said they will put their weapons down first now the syrian national council leader also said that his group is receiving donations from foreign governments i he said that the council is starting to recede receiving a support in donations from arab and non arab countries meanwhile france and morocco said they are opposed to any military intervention into syria but on the other hand prime minister said that he is urging through or the syrian national council to be recognized as quote legitimate representation of the syrian people not the assad government the prime minister also has called for international troops

headlines from our team at ten thirty pm moscow time the un arab league envoy to syria calls on the united nations most powerful body to speak with one voice when it comes to syria for most dogs kofi annan peace mission won't be derailed. crude tactics a rabs exit from the global banking system selling oil prices soaring and western nations rushing to local emergency domestic reserve. and the controversial tradition of remembering s.s. veterans as heroes here nationalists gathered for an annual march condemned by half of the population and seen as an inspiration for young. i'm kevin owner of moscow tonight back with the news in full in thirty minutes but not before a return date with washington d.c. . hi guys the time for showing talent and i program earlier this week we spoke to an author that said that physical cash becomes obsolete and coming decades we want to know if you think that we really could ever be a cashless society so let's go to producer for treason a sunday i know what you have to say. i'm on the streets of d.c. to tell people the nation's capital what our viewers had to sa

arab league suspended the membership with many states downgrading relations and freezing bank accounts. the arab league put forth a political transition plan for syria. over 137 countries supported the un general assembly resolution condemning the syrian regime's violence and supporting the arab league transition plan. more than 60 countries and institutions met in tunis as friends of the syrian people to endorse the arab transition plan, to demand an immediate end to the violence, and to commit to practical steps to address the syrian crisis. the syrian opposition in tunis articulated a clear, credible transition plan and addressed minority fears directly and convincingly. we announced $10 million in immediate humanitarian assistance with millions more from other countries. the un, the arab league have appointed a joint high profile envoy kofi annan with a

that is one of the ships the syrians to decide un an arab league envoy kofi annan says it's up to the syrian people themselves to decide whether president assad stays in stresses it is unreasonable to set an artificial deadline for a solution to the country's crisis. and pressure mounts on north korea over its controversial plan satellite market launch as world leaders gather in seoul for a nuclear summit. hello there my name is kevin i'm very good evening from moscow it's ten pm here now you watching our top story the former libyan prime minister who is the driving force against moammar gadhafi during the nato campaign is accusing the west of forgetting his country after toppling a colonel. told the security forum in brussels that the resulting power vacuum leaves libya open to the extremists a corresponding test for a seller asked for his thoughts about why gadhafi was killed in an exclusive interview for r.t. . that was something a very interesting the whole world was watching when it actually happened and to hear him have his theories on what could have been the cause or who was a

has a say in our top story for you the un now the u.n. arab league envoy kofi annan is that the u.n. security council to break the political deadlock on syria he said unity over the crisis will help his peace mission cohen said made securing his brief meeting to the body on his findings following his recent visit to damascus to your correspondent reporting i got the latest. kofi annan on has told the security council members that he plans to send a technical mission to damascus early next week so discussions can begin on a plan for international monitors to go to syria kofi annan the u.n. and arab league envoy to syria has now urged the security council to overcome their differences he said it is very important for there to be unity and consensus among the security council to help his peace plan become actual absolute success as we know for the past year the security council has remained extremely divided on how to approach the situation in syria with the u.s. and western countries calling essentially for regime change and asking for the charlotte si

conflict in syria rages despite a un backed peace plan the arab league meeting to decide on how to mediate a solution but not all members committed to diplomacy what some are openly calling for military action damascus says it won't accept anything the league says after the body suspended syria's membership last year r.t. sarah ferguson will. it is the first time that the arab league summit been held in iraq for t. decades and it's expected that the arab league ministers who gathered there are going to see the inducing case here and six point peace plan that of course has already been formally accepted now by the syrian government now that's understandably been met with some criticism from members of the opposition he say that he's made promises before that he's felt that the liberals they certainly have a message coming from the opposition is that they're going to be looking for actions and not just words when it comes to that. meeting in baghdad at the moment say far has not been seen as having started particularly play he said lay son of the country's guitar in egypt haven't sent their

as the conflict in syria rages despite a un backed peace plan the arab league is meeting to decide on how to mediate a solution not all of its members though are committed to diplomacy with some openly calling for military action for more on this we go live to our sorrow for a ride in istanbul with the latest so damascus has suspended the arab league since last year and what sort of impact will that have on the body decisions actually have on syria. well serious already said that it's not going to test any initiative by the arab league of course it was suspended from it last year and we saw the failure of the arab league mission in that country that also highlighted really the internal divisions that the arab league as a party itself faces and indeed this arab league summit the first is being held in baghdad t.j. case and it hasn't been particularly well attended some of the countries not sending that talk to us to get involved in that now iraq's foreign minister said that the country rejected calls the foreign intervention as a means of ending the conflict and he did say that the cou

involving both rebels and government forces an open tot's the call comes from the chief of the arab league and the un arab and they called me on it who were meeting ahead of man's mission to damascus both also spoke out against any move towards levy a style foreign intervention but as maria financial reports from syria forces at work who hold the opposite view. ahead of his visit to syria kofi annan who's traveling to the country as the joint u. and arab league envoy has announced that his mission's main goal will be to end the violence by persuading the warring sides to speak to each other is also said that he believes that a solution to the country's long running crisis lies in a political settlement just hopes are fading already that this mission will succeed the leader of the syrian national council of turkey based opposition groups recognized by e.u. as a legitimate the present to the syrian people has said that anons comments and his idea to find their way out of crisis through dialogue are disappointing while syrian people he's been massacred every day here in the country but hunger has also s

the russian foreign ministry has called on the un to look at the calls to rebels in syria coming from several arab league states a spokesman suggested that but that may go against the un's goal of fighting terrorism actually burn the project a coordinator for the right should see project coordinator for the beirut based conference form believed atrocities committed by opposition forces are being ignored i think there is growing recognition that some of the very fundamentalist islamist groups would probably make up about thirty percent of the armed insurgents that they've been guilty of as much sort of brutality and terrible action as some of the accusations against the syrian army these are been documented in various reports we need to be careful of some of the mainstream media coverage in fact the i.c.r.c. and its local the syrian red crescent have been distributing humanitarian aid medical supplies water for some days and how much and harms and for example they did get ambulances through to take the injured journalists out of homs there are a lot of on the ground reports including from al jazeera who h

we're supporting the arab leagues, and now the un general assembly's call for an immediate transition in syria, moving ahead with humanitarian assistance for the syrian people demanding that attacks cease and access be granted, and we're engaging with the syrian opposition on their vision for syria's future, a proud and democratic syria that upholds the rights and responsibilities of all of its citizens regardless of their religion, their gender, or their ethnicity. now, together we're working to persuade frightened communities inside syria that their interests are best served by helping to build that better syria, not by casting their lot with a losing regime, a corrupt and abusive regime which has been a malignant blight in the middle east for far too long. the goal of the opposition and the friends of the syrian people alike is as follows. a syrian-led political transition to democratic government based on the rule of law and the will of the people with protection of minority rights. i would like to close my opening statement by echoing this committee's praise of my fellow witness

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league envoy kofi annan. now this special report. -- un arab leaugue envoy. >> this is a kind of therapy for the syrian survivors. children that in all undergo to school -- that can no longer go to school. some of them have seen their parents dragged away in the nighttime. others have fled from the bombardment of homs. this child describes being at a march, cheering and chanting, and then the moment the army opened fire. now in an exclusive interview, a top human-rights official of the un has accused the syrian government of deliberately targeting children. >> they have gone for the children for whatever purpose in large numbers, hundreds detained and tortured. i have seen some of the evidence gathered by the commission of inquiry who spoke with parents and children. it is horrendous. >> the syrian government denies the accusation and accuses the high commissioner of bias. but does the president and their commander responsibility for crimes against humanity >? >> there's enough evidence pointing to the fact that many of these acts committed by the security forces must have received the approval or the complicity

. >> was there no other pressure the un members to put on russia to persuade the russians to put pressure? >> the arab league and saudi arabia have been engaged in talks with the russian prime minister. the russian foreign minister was just in the gulf. we see some movement in regards to russia signing on to the five-point arab league plan. it is important not just for the particulars in the plan, but for the fact that we seek international community talking in one voice. 1 not decisive with respect to the actions of the regime -- while not decisive with respect to the actions of the regime, i think it will have impact, to have kofi annan act as a more effective broker. >> several have suggested that if kofi annan cannot pull this off with his stature and his image, then nobody can. and yet he came away from damascus with no deal. people talk about baby steps, getting something, but it is not clear what that something is. >> we should not have expected that would be a deal. that was never on the table or the agenda for his first visit to damascus. that would be very unrealistic. i do think in terms of priori

dialogue at that point was separately underscored by coffee and on the un's envoy to syria a newly appointed envoy by the u.n. and the arab league so he of course saying the same thing russia has been saying for months now that both parties participating in the conflict in syria need to now be can engage in some type of a negotiation we do see that the u.s. and western allies have been pushing for more of a regime change that is a push they need through two separate resolutions that were presented to the security council and of course vetoed by russia and china because russia and china hold a position that the international community cannot just push the governments that with respect to syria the syrians need to decide what will take place in their own sovereign country. but it's more important reporting meantime washington says that it will keep up the efforts to convince russia and china to put pressure on president assad and impose tougher sanctions against the syrian regime james corbet editor of a japan based independent news website the colbert report says that it's not developments within syria but international politics

kaiser report from alpha headlines russia says it's ready to support a un resolution on syria if it were a flight which the u.n. arab league envoy mission which calls for a cease fire and peaceful dialogue this while the red cross calls for allowance to evacuate the wounded in syria and bring in medicine. she would arise groups find the u.s. kept sending afghan detainees to prisons where evidence of torture had been discovered by the band of such transfers last july claims of new abuse have already surface to . u.k. construction workers have demanded justice they find out the police to help them on an illegal blacklist when they come painful say switch jobs. right now it's. the hope of discussing the world's apple fever and the kaiser. i am x. cause of this is the kaiser report we got a frickin mania but this apple computer stuff stacie max and the share price is soaring i saw a tweet from lo and behold it was max kaiser is it any coincidence that computers they do over seventy percent of the trading like to buy one of their own a.p.l. on the nasdaq anti-human bigoted algo yeah well you know the thing about the sample comp

dialogue at that point was separately underscored by kofi annan on the un's envoy to syria a newly appointed envoy by the u.n. and the arab league so he of course saying the same thing russia has been saying for months now that both parties participating in the conflict in syria need to now be key in engaging in some type of negotiation we do see that the u.s. and western allies have been pushing for more of a regime change that is a push they need through two separate present lucian's that were presented to the security council and of course vetoed by russia and china because russia and china hold the position that the international community cannot just push out the governments that with respect to syria the syrians need to decide what will take place in their own sovereign country. now discuss these latest developments in syria was james corbett who's editor of the japan based and of hannah news and information website the corbett report joins us live from gaza thanks very much for being here with us on the program james now first off how crucial do you think is it to regain control in homs by the syrian government and to wha

arab league. >> getting changed on the ground is a daunting task. >> for more on the possible impact on the un talks, we can go now to new york to speak to a fellow from the century foundation. the international community seems to be banking on a diplomatic solution to end the violence in syria. are they right to do so? >> i think they have no choice. we are looking at several very bad options and nothing has seemed to gain traction and the international community is quite divided with russia and china taking a position quite contrary to the rest -- to the west. i think this is where we are left because the other options, including outright military intervention look so unappealing and there is simply not any real appetite on the part of any of these countries to undertake a direct military intervention. >> is there pressure that could be put on russia to try to persuade the russians to put pressure on assad to go? >> the arab league and a saudi arabia have been engaged in talks with the russian foreign minister. we see now some movement in regards to russia perhaps signing on to the arab league pla