RT:
18:00 GMT: UK Foreign Minister William Hague has called the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to “exchange views on the situation in Syria,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman told Itar-Tass.
Hague has informed Lavrov of the draft UK resolution connection with the alleged chemical weapon use in Syria, the spokesman said.
Lavrov then told his UK counterpart that the UN Security Council should not consider a resolution on Syria before the UN inspector team reports on the alleged chemical weapons use.
17:46 GMT: Russian UN representatives did not stage a walk-out at the meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Itar-Tass reports citing Russia’s permanent mission to the UN. The statement came in response to earlier reports claiming that Russian and Chinese diplomats “left” what was said to be a closed-door discussion of the UK-drafted resolution on the alleged chemical weapons use in Syria.
“The Russian representative went out when the meeting ended. That was not a demarche. It is just that some of the delegations did not leave for a long time,” the diplomatic source was quoted as saying.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/28/us-syria-crisis-usa-un-idUSBRE97R11X20130828
U.S.: Syria can’t hide behind Russia at U.N. Security Council
“We do not believe the Syrian regime should be able to hide behind the fact that the Russians continue to block action on Syria at the U.N. and we will make our decision on appropriate action going forward,” State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf told reporters.
AFP:
A resolution condemning Syria’s alleged poison gas use has stalled in the UN Security Council due to Russian “intransigence,” the United States said Wednesday.
“We see no avenue forward, given continued Russian opposition to any meaningful Council action on Syria,” State Department deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf said after Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States discussed a British drafted resolution that could allow military action in Syria.