Monday, September 2, 2013

Russia Sends A Warning That Plans For Syrian Peace Talks Will Be Dashed If The U.S. Attacks

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. InSerbia

Russia Sees Plans for Syrian Peace Talks Dashed If U.S. Attacks -- Bloomberg Businessweek

U.S. military action against Syria would probably thwart plans for a resumption of talks in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said as he discounted as unconvincing evidence of Syrian use of chemical weapons.

“If action announced by the U.S. president does take place after all, to our deepest regret, then regardless of what has been said about Geneva II, the prospects of this forum are being put off for a long time, if not forever,” Lavrov told reporters in Moscow today.

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Update: US strikes on Syria risk sinking peace talks: Russia -- AFP

My Comment: Even if the U.S. does not launch a military strike against Syria .... I do not see any hope for progress in these peace talks. In Syria .... both sides are regarding this conflict as a fight to the finish, and will not listen to what the U.S. and Russia may tell them on what to do.

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