Monday, September 9, 2013

Russia, Syria urge U.S. not to launch strikes

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) shows the way to his Syrian counterpart Walid Moualem during a meeting in Moscow September 9, 2013. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW | Mon Sep 9, 2013 4:30am EDT
(Reuters) - Russia and Syria urged the United States on Monday to focus on efforts to convene a peace conference and not on military action, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday after talks with Syria's foreign minister.
Lavrov said a U.S. military strike on Syria could lead to the spread of terrorism, and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem accused President Barack Obama of backing terrorists, drawing comparisons with the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001
 
 
(Reporting by Thomas Grove Writing by Steve Gutterman, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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