Lavrov accuses US of blackmailing Russia to approve military force in Syria

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Source: All Voices

Lavrov accuses US of blackmailing Russia to approve military force in Syria
Moscow : Russia | Sep 22, 2013 at 8:14 AM PDT
By JOHNTHOMAS DIDYMUS



Sergei Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov
John Kerry meets with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss Syrian chemical weapons plan

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is accusing the US of threatening to withdraw support for Syria's entry into the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) if Russia does not agree to a UN resolution under "Chapter 7" that would allow military intervention in Syria.

According to Russia Today, Lavrov said in an interview, “Our American partners are starting to blackmail us: 'If Russia does not support a resolution under Chapter 7, then we will withdraw our support for Syria’s entry into the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).' This is a complete departure from what I agreed with Secretary of State John Kerry."

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Speaking in an interview Sunday, Lavrov said he was surprised that the US was now pressuring Russia to agree to a resolution that will allow military intervention in Syria. He described the Western approach to the Syrian crisis as "negligent."

He alleged that the primary interest of the US was regime change in Syria and not peaceful resolution of the conflict. He said, "Our partners are blinded by an ideological mission for regime change. They cannot admit they have made another mistake.”

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JOHNTHOMAS DIDYMUS is based in Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria, and is an Anchor for Allvoices.

Read more: http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/15599287-lavrov-accuses-us-of-blackmailing-russia-to-pass-resolution-approving-military-force-in-syria

[pnwmom]

1. AllVoices is not a reliable source.

This is just a backdoor way of including a report by RT, the Russian propaganda rag.

http://technorati.com/business/article/allvoices-citizen-journalism-gone-bad/

A friend recommended AllVoices.com, a citizen journalism news site that welcomes all writers, allows self-publishing, and does not employ editors. I like the immediacy of self-publishing—seeing what I’ve written available to my thousands of fans (ahem…) as soon as I’m satisfied with the article. I believe I can communicate well enough, I have a decent grasp of spelling and grammar, and I have honed my writing skills in various positions over the course of decades. I have no delusions of being a great writer, but I think I’m okay.

AllVoices allows anyone from anywhere to write, and the site has thousands upon thousands of writers worldwide.

[2banon]

5. If it turns out that the facts are as reported...

will that just be propaganda or accidentally factual?

[pnwmom]

6. Part of reporting includes reporting both sides of an issue,

which this writer didn't make an attempt to do.

[2banon]

11. Not necessarily...

It isn't always necessary to state the obvious. meaning that an issue of concern is or could be in dispute in every report especially in a story that is developing as this one is and will continue to be probably for sometime.

Obviously, there will be denials by our State Dept or the White House in follow up reporting, at least that would be expected, and no doubt will be reported by the publisher, I would think.

All remains to be seen of course.

[Comrade Grumpy]

9. RT may actually be a pretty good source for what Russian officials say.

I mean, in this case, who better than a "Russian propaganda rag"?

All of the other links seem to come from that. And it says the remarks were made on a radio interview: "Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Channel 1?s Sunday Time program."

And I don't see anybody denying that he said it.

Whether what he said is true is another story.

[Tarheel_Dem]

10. +1

[Iliyah]

2. Do tell of the whitemail

please. I've noticed that a lot of not credible articles are now the norm for DU.

[Sunlei]

3. don't listen to the republican warmongers lobby Mr. Russian Foreign Minister, your deals with Kerry.

[azurnoir]

4. NSNBC and Ynet both are running the article

http://nsnbc.me/2013/09/22/u-s-tries-blackmail-russia-military-action-syria/

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4432285,00.html

maybe they're fronts for RT too

[pnwmom]

7. Who do you think NSNBC is? It's not MSNBC.

It's not a reliable source.

[2banon]

12. Yeah, some Left anti-war Commie pinko Rag

You know those dirty commie pinko hippy types, that are always protesting war and whining about stuff like Human Rights.. can't trust that source!

[4now]

8. Russia Today

What a source for LBN.
Also there are more trackers then I can count at the posted link.

[azurnoir]

13. sorry locking

allvoices not considered as reputable source for LBN