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Kerry Slams Russia for ‘Enabling’ Assad to Stay in Power and Russia Rejects US Accusations

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Kerry Slams Russia for ‘Enabling’ Assad to Stay in Power
US Secretary of State John Kerry slammed Russia on Monday for "enabling" Syria's President Bashar al-Assad to stay in power, after Geneva peace talks broke off without result at the weekend.
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A second round of talks aimed at finding a political settlement to the three-year conflict ended in acrimony on Saturday, throwing the future of the negotiations into doubt.
The so-called Geneva II process was initiated by the United States, which backs the Syrian opposition coalition, and Moscow, which supports the government in Damascus.
On Monday, Kerry took aim at Russia, whom the US has previously accused of not doing enough to push its ally to engage in the talks.

The Syrian regime "stonewalled" at the Geneva talks and continued to "destroy their own country", Kerry told reporters during a visit to the Indonesian capital Jakarta. "And I regret to say they're doing so with increased support from Iran, from Hezbollah and from Russia," he said.

"Russia needs to be a part of the solution and not be distributing so much more weapons and so much more aid that they're in fact enabling Assad to double-down. Which is creating an enormous problem."

Kerry noted that Russia "has stood up publicly with me on several occasions and said they're committed to that transition government... yet we have not seen the kind of effort to create the dynamic by which that can be achieved".

No date was set for third round of talks and it was unclear whether any would be held.

The UN's Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi noted at the weekend that the two sides had at least finally agreed on an agenda for possible future talks.
The opposition says the focus must be on creating a transitional government -- without Assad. The regime representatives have insisted Assad's position is non-negotiable, and refused to discuss anything beyond the "terrorism" it blames on its opponents and their foreign backers.

On Monday Kerry lashed out at Syria again, saying the regime "refused to open up one moment of discussion legitimately about a transitional government". "Everybody should agree that the Assad regime's attitude is what has made these talks tougher," he added.
Saudi Blames Syria for Geneva-II Failure
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Saudi Arabia Foreign MinisterSaudi Arabia, which supports Takfiri armed groups operating in Syria, on Monday blamed the Damascus government for the failure of peace talks in Geneva last week.

A second round of US and Russian-backed peace talks between regime representatives and the opposition broke down on Saturday in the Swiss city with no date set for a third round.

The Saudi cabinet "regretted the failure of the Geneva II talks to reach tangible results," according to a statement carried by SPA state news agency, in an implicit demand from the Syrian government to turn a blind eye towards the Saudi support for the Takfiris with arms, mercenaries and salaries.

The kingdom "holds the (Syrian) regime responsible for this failure, caused by its obstinacy," it said, accusing the government delegation of working to "derail the conference."

Saudi Arabia is a major backer of the Syrian Takfiri and terrorist armed groups, in a conflict that is estimated to have killed more than 140,000 people since it broke out in March 2011.

Russia Rejects US Accusations on Syria
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Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov considered Monday that deliberate attempts to blame the Syrian authorities for the brutal crimes through lies and manipulation of facts.
Lavrov stressed his rejection for the US allegations that RLavrovussia has prevented reaching a settlement for the Syrian crisis.

Lavrov said that Russia has fulfilled all what it promised to carry out, adding all the parties recognize that Geneva I is the base on which any settlement must be based.

"The ground facts prove that the terrorist groups in Syria are behind most of the troubles that storm Syria."

It is worth noting that US Secretary of State John Kerry slammed Russia on Monday for "enabling" Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to stay in power, after Geneva peace talks broke off without result at the weekend



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