A senior US official has sharply criticized Russia’s “sorry record” in Syria, saying Moscow cannot celebrate the Olympics while being “part and parcel” of the Syrian unrest.
On the sidelines of a meeting in California between President Barack Obama and King Abdullah II of Jordan, a senior Obama administration official accused Russia of being “wedded to the status quo” in Syria.
Russia “can’t have it both ways,” the official said on condition of anonymity. “They can’t say they’re in favor of negotiations in Geneva and a transitional government guided by full executive authority and humanitarian access and have a happy Olympics.”
Washington has been trying “to work with and press the Russians to understand that the status quo is not serving their interests either,” the official said .... http://www.presstv.ir
