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Posted: 11:04 AM Feb 7, 2012
Russia's Foreign Minister in Talks with Syria
Russia says its foreign minister has arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad.
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Pro-Syrian regime supporters wave Syrian and Russian flags as they cheer a convoy believed to be transporting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Damascus, Syria, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. Thousands of Syrians waving Russian flags cheered Russia's foreign minister as he arrived in Damascus Tuesday for talks with embattled President Bashar Assad on the country's escalating violence. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
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MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia says its foreign minister has arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad.
The foreign ministry said Tuesday that Sergei Lavrov is joined by Russia's foreign intelligence chief Mikhail Fradkov.
The Kremlin has been a staunch ally of President Assad although Moscow has also hosted talks with Syrian opposition leaders.
Russia and China vetoed on Saturday a Western- and Arab-backed resolution at the United Nations condemning the Assad regime's crackdown on dissent and calling on him to transfer some of his powers to his deputy. The Syrian government had earlier rejected the Arab plan as intervention in Syria's internal affairs.
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