Russia and the United States agreed to seek new peace talks to end the civil war in Syria, but the opposition leaders are skeptical about the initiative, they worried about a possible President Bashar al-Assad hanging on the last Wednesday power.
Mindful of the fact that conflict is far from over, and urged the UK and the EU to lift the arms embargo that will strengthen these rebel groups favored by Western powers.
Visit to Moscow, Israel bombed ruins near Damascus, President Barack Obama faces once again called on the armed rebels, John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State, said late Tuesday that Russia agreed to work at a news conference in the coming weeks.
East-West differences, have seen some frostiest exchanges between Washington and Moscow, because the Cold War has been deadlocked for two years, the United Nations efforts to resolve the conflict in Syria, so any reconciliation possible than it has been for many months a common front.
Israeli air strikes, armed rebel links between the "base" organization reports of use of chemical weapons, and have become increasingly prominent, have greatly increased the international emergency ending a war has killed more than 70,000 people.
Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Wednesday's announcement.
The Secretary-General and the Joint Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi has from the outset asserted their belief that, through a negotiated political solution is the only way to end this protracted and deepening crisis, the United Nations said in a statement.
Syrian factions and sectarian hatred more deeply rooted than ever, it is far from clear that the warring parties are prepared in consultation with each other. Most opposition parties have ruled out talks with Assad and his inner circle are excluded from any future transitional government.
Samir Naxxar opposition umbrella National Union ", said:" I believe the opposition will think it's impossible, there are still more than a government held talks with Assad at its head.
"Before any decision is made, we need to know what Assad's role will have to leave it vague, deliberately so, we believe, to try to drag the opposition to negotiate and make decisions before."
In the past, the United States has been supporting the opposition, Assad is excluded from any future government, while Russia has said it must be Syrians decided equation can be used to maintain the power of the Assad opposition think.
Opposition members expressed their concern that the views of the Kerry in Moscow, echoing Russia, the decision to participate in the transitional government should be left to the Syrians.
"Syrians fear that the U.S. is promoting its own interests with Russia, with blood and suffering of the Syrian people," said Ahmed Ramadan, a member of the National Alliance.
Inside Syria rebel groups, of which there are different views, Abdeljabbar military commander of al-Oqaidi told Reuters reporters, "If the regime exists, I do not believe that we will want to participate."
From the Syrian government did not immediately respond to reform, but rejected those terrorists and external forces puppet battle - against Assad's ally, Iran, Turkey and the Arab countries in the West.
The lifting of the EU arms embargo on China
If the concerns about the escalation of the war to promote a new peace movement, they also set up a number of Western powers look at their military options. Washington said last week that it was reconsidering its opposition to the armed rebels, it said on Wednesday that the United Kingdom has been lobbying the European Union, let it do so, too.
Several EU governments to resist the French and British efforts to lift the embargo, concerned that this might intensify the conflict of two years.
A document seen by Reuters in London, it is recommended that the ban may be revised national alliances weapons. The existing sanctions will be due on June 1. With the French in the European Union, the other major military powers, the United Kingdom is trying to convince Spain, Austria, Sweden and other mitigation armed opposition rebels.
However, with the global energy supply and transit routes, the prospects of the main centers of power in a volatile region of conflict, Jiali Pu Jing said on Tuesday that "a very important common interests, and promote reconciliation.
"Instead," Kerry later told Lavrov at a joint news conference, "the Syrian leadership is close to the abyss, the abyss, if not more than chaos.
Both sides are worried about a failed state rival militants base in Syria is willing to strike around the world.
Last June, at a meeting in Geneva, Washington and Moscow agreed in Syria needs a transitional government, but the diplomatic sank Since then, the mediator's meeting in Geneva, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan quit in despair, said too wide difference between the power.
Kerry said the meeting may be held as early as the beginning of this month, although there is no venue has been set.
, Backed by China, Russia vetoed a UN Security Council resolution hostile to Assad. Western powers authorized the use of the United Nations in Libya to overthrow Gaddafi shocked, Moscow and Beijing worry about the interference at their own thing.
The risk of a power vacuum
Recent developments focus mind the risk of wider war in the Middle East.
The White House said last month that Assad's army possible use of chemical weapons - Obama called "red line" will require a strong, if not specified, the response. Government and rebels accused each other of the use of gas, a charge both parties denied. British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday that evidence Assad forces "continue," the use of sarin gas.
But despite the pleading of the opposition, Western leaders have been reluctant to weigh in the armed rebels, especially Islamic militants loyal to the "base" organization has undertaken, Western highlights the risk of mismanagement leadership change could rival militants in Syria power supply.
- Israeli officials said in recent days, Israeli air strikes hit Iran arms Assad and Iran's Lebanese ally Hezbollah-led - stressed that the risk of cross-border conflict.
Confrontation between violent inflammation of the Sunni and Shiite Muslims in the Middle East, Iran Shiite support for al-Assad, as well as Sunni powers like Saudi Arabia to support the rebels.
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Iran warns of unforeseen consequences, if the overthrow of the Assad said only a political agreement to avoid a regional fire: "God forbid, if there is any vacuum in Syria, these negative consequences will affect all countries. " "No one knows what will happen."
Moscow diplomats are driving more and more alarm clear impetus to the peace, the Israeli air strikes, the influx of foreign weapons possibility of Syria, as well as the possible use of chemical weapons.
Moscow and Washington also hinted that they want to improve cooperation on security issues, because of the bombing of the Boston Marathon, U.S. officials suspect who had lived in the Russian ethnic Chechens. U.S. officials said FBI Director Robert Mueller in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the bombing, but did not disclose specific details.
In Washington's efforts to improve relations with Russia, and further show that Kerry to avoid any sharp public criticism when he met before his departure civil rights activist (Wednesday) in Moscow, capital of Russia's human rights record.
In Syria, Internet access and a telephone to the outside world after the one-day blackout recovery officials to lay down technical failures cable, but opposition activists say, intentional infliction of military action.
 
 



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