Huffington Post – by PETER SPIELMANN
UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. diplomat says Russia has called for an urgent meeting of the five permanent Security Council members on the crisis in Syria.
The meeting among Russia, the United States, China, Britain and France was expected later Thursday, according to the diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the talks were private.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/russia-un-syria_n_3837736.html
Earlier Today:
Germany calls on Russia to use U.N. for Syrian reaction
Reuters – by Annika Breidthardt and Sarah Marsh
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call on Thursday to use the United Nations Security Council to get a quick, international reaction to Syria’s conflict, her spokesman said in a statement.
“The chancellor called on the Russian president to use negotiations in the U.N. Security Council for a quick, unanimous international reaction,” the statement said, adding that both leaders agreed the conflict can be solved politically.
Less than four weeks before an election in which Merkel hopes to win a third term, she faces a balancing act in how to respond to a chemical weapons attack in Syria, as German voters overwhelmingly oppose military action there.
Moscow, an ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, is seen as certain to veto any call for intervention in the U.N. Security Council.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/29/us-syria-crisis-germany-putin-idUSBRE97S0N120130829
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