AP Source: US-Russia Meeting on Syria Postponed

[jakeXT]

Source: AP


The State Department says it is postponing a meeting with Russian diplomats on Syria this week.

The meeting at The Hague was about setting up an international conference to find a political resolution to the Syrian crisis. A senior State Department official said Monday the meeting between Undersecretary Wendy Sherman and U.S. Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford with their Russian counterparts was postponed because of the ongoing U.S. review about alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria.

The U.S. says it has evidence that chemical weapons very likely were used by the government of Bashar Assad. The U.S. official said the meeting will be rescheduled because a political solution is still needed in Syria.

The official was not authorized to publicly confirm the changes and spoke on condition of anonymity.

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"We will work with our Russian counterparts to reschedule the meeting," the official continued. "As we've long made clear - and as the events of August 21 reinforce - it is imperative that we reach a comprehensive and durable political solution to the crisis in Syria. The United States remains fully invested in that process. We will continue working with Russia and other international partners to move towards a transition based on the framework laid out in the Geneva Communique."

Russia regrets the postponement, Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Tuesday, according to the Reuters news service. Gatilov made clear on Twitter that the U.S. decided unilaterally to postpone the meeting, Reuters says.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57600192/source-u.s-postpones-meeting-with-russia-about-syria/

[dipsydoodle]

1. Syria crisis: Russia warns of 'catastrophic consequences' of military intervention

Russia has warned of "catastrophic consequences" for Syria and other regions within the Middle East if military intervention is taken in response to alleged chemical attacks last week.

In a statement, foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said: "Attempts to bypass the Security Council, once again to create artificial groundless excuses for a military intervention in the region are fraught with new suffering in Syria and catastrophic consequences for other countries of the Middle East and North Africa."

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Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Abbas Araqchi warned there would be "perilous consequences" for the region if a military attack is carried out, according to the Guardian.

We want to strongly warn against any military attack in Syria. There will definitely be perilous consequences for the region," Araqchi told a news conference. "These complications and consequences will not be restricted to Syria. It will engulf the whole region."

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-crisis-russia-warns-of-catastrophic-consequences-of-military-intervention-8785140.html

[newfie11]

2. In other words US to postpone meeting until after bombing Syria

Which will in turn will cause all hell to break loose in the Middle East and here comes WW3.