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Syndrome with vietnam. so there are certain aspects off the table. hes frustrated. putin -- the pressure on putin isnt working. hundreds and thousands of people are dying. he is frustrated. lets look at his week this week. it was interesting on one hand they want to talk about minimum wage and their special events on climate and drought but with hollande, during that state visit, he was admitting his policy isnt working. he never said it but he called it a horrendous situation and talked about t...

The table. hes frustrated. putin -- the pressure on putin isnt working. hundreds and thousands of people are dying. he is frustrated. lets look at his week this week. it was interesting on one hand they want to talk about minimum wage and their special events on climate and drought but with hollande, during that state visit, he was admitting his policy isnt working. he never said it but he called it a horrendous situation and talked about the only good news out of geneva 2 is that they both show...

Pressure on putin isnt working. hundreds and thousands of people are dying. he is frustrated. lets look at his week this week. it was interesting. on one hand they want to talk about minimum wage and their special events on climate and drought, but with hollande, during that state visit, he was admitting his policy isnt working. he never said it but he talked about it. he called it a horrendous situation and talked about the only good news out of geneva 2 is that they both showed up. what was he...

Chemical weapons, were united on what needs to happen next there. syria must meet its commitments and russia has a responsibility to ensure that syria complies. as talks continue in geneva, well continue to strent -- strengthen the moderation. this week were working with our security council partners to call for an end to indiscriminate attacks on civilians and ensure humanitarian aid workers that have impeded access to syrians in need and well continue to work with france and others to bolster ...

And with the help of americans and this bears witness to an exceptional situation in our history because our countries have always beenal mr aal aa aa and trust each other. this is characteristic of our personal relationship but also of our goals, common goals. barack obama reminded us of our position in syria. we were prepared to resort to force. but we found another option, negotiation. we made it possible for parts of the chemical weapons stockpile to be disrupted but we havent found a politi...

Mission remains exactly the same. we want to be together again. >> we have a couple of questions each. where is mark? there he is. "new york times." >> good afternoon. both of you talked about syria in your opening remarks and i wanted to ask a bit about that. the latest round of the geneva 2 talks have proven to be as unproductive as the first round was. the chemical weapons agreement that you both alluded to has removed some weapons but by all accounts its a small fraction of the stockpile the...

In the event these talks fail. >> iraq will show now, sketch the french approach on the issue that were mentioned. first of all, geneva 2. the only purpose of this conference is to make political transition possible. its not about discussing humanitarian measures only. its all about making sure that a political change be possible which eventually will have to take place in syria. we encouraged the democratic opposition to go to geneva and to demonstrate they are prepared to commit themselves to ...

>> reporter: well, its the red line for the international community and the opposition. and if you remember, this whole idea of this conference was the principles, as they say, of the geneva 2 process, if you will, is to talk about a post assad government, to talk about a transitional government that both sides can agree it to, that wouldnt have assad in it. so what the opposition is saying is, listen, if they cant even sign up to the fundamental basis of which this conference was established, t...

Believe thats unacceptable. can someone think the syrian problem can be discussed without the iranian factor and their account of it? >> the iranians were invited, then disinvited. does anybody really think that anything positive is going to emerge from these so-called geneva 2 peace talks? >> well, theyre all putting a good face on it. its already started by a load of speeches and those were cantankerous, to say the very at least. diplomatically there was quite a verbal fisticuffs going on betw...

John kerry and lavrov. it will be important to find a solution that can be implemented on the ground. there is a disconnect between what is taking place in geneva and the fighting on the ground and its riley in the eyes of many almost impossible to translate that into a comprehensive solution to stop the fighting. people are saying, dont try to reach for a comprehensive solution on day one. perhaps try to stop the fighting and open humanitarian corridors and create the space for some political c...