Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov Rude Interference in Arab World and Syria

The Morocco-proposed draft resolution called on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down and withdraw his forces from cities and towns. Russia proposed its own draft of the resolution, but it was ignored, Lavrov said.

The former head of the United Nations will meet with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in an attempt to end the ongoing violence in the Middle Eastern country.
The U.N. said Friday that former secretary-general Kofi Annan will meet the Syrian leader Saturday during a stop in Damascus. Annan is going to the meeting as the new U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria. He has been calling for a political solution to the crisis, warning attempts to arm rebel forces will only make the situation worse.

Arab League foreign ministers are expected to meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss sending observers back to Syria. A new plan calls for sending a joint observer team from the Arab League and the United Nations.
The league sent observers in December as part of an agreement with the Syrian government to halt the violence in the country. But the observers withdrew in late January to protest continued attacks on demonstrators.
Last Saturday Russia and China blocked another effort by the U.N. Security Council to condemn the violence in Syria. The unrest began in March.

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