Posted on 10/23/2015 9:34:36 AM PDT by tcrlaf
Top diplomats of Russia, US, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia have discussed a range of global issues, including the ongoing situation in Syria.
Russian, US, Saudi Arabian and Turkish foreign ministers discussed specific ideas on the situation in Syria during their meeting in Vienna, and decided to maintain contacts, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday.
"We have expressed a number of specific ideas on all issues which were discussed with our colleagues from the United States, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, these ideas will be continued, I hope. We have agreed to continue contacts, and we stressed the need to make sure that, simultaneously with the beginning of the intra-Syrian dialogue between the government and the united opposition, the patriotic opposition to provide external support for this process," Lavrov told the reporters after the meeting.
The top Russian diplomat stressed that "there are many external actors involved in the Syrian crisis, not only the four who convened in Vienna today."
Iran and Egypt must also take part in efforts to solve the Syrian crisis, Lavrov noted
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Journalists on Twitter saying the Kerry-Lavrov talks fell apart after the Saudi's demanded the removal of Assad within three months.
Saudi Arabia should simply be occupied, drained of oil, and the husk discarded. They have been the most aggressive, murderous scorpion in the Middle East basket for a long time. All they have is oil. Take their oil, and they’ve got nothing.
He's not laughing with you, he's laughing at you
Talking to Kerry is like talking to a Wax Dummy
What a doofus we have out there. Good gosh.
I simply could not agree more. Suck Saudi dry and discard it. Scorpion? They are worse.
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