Economics
Syria Deal Pushed by Russia Must Have Teeth, Clinton Says
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she “made the international community’s case” in a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to put more pressure on the regime of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
An accord negotiated in Geneva to call for a transitional coalition government won’t work “if it doesn’t have teeth,” Clinton said yesterday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum in Vladivostok, after meeting Lavrov the day before. Lavrov told her Russia sees the Geneva plan as the best chance for peace that’s not imposed by outside powers.