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July 10th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda “Moscow regrets that because of the positions of a number of our partners Iran was not present in Geneva,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov told Interfax news agency on Tuesday.
The foreign ministers of Russia, China, France, Britain, Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar as well as the US secretary of state all attended the international conference on Syria in Geneva, Switzerland on June 30 along with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
While Russia on occasions stressed the need for Iran being involved in the Geneva meeting, the United States and its European allies were adamantly opposed to the Islamic Republic’s participation in the conference.
The Geneva talks ended with a broad consensus on the need for the transition of power in Syria but disagreement over President Bashar al-Assad’s fate.
Bogdanov also said that Russia would be ready to host a new meeting of world powers on ending the crisis in Syria.
“From our side, I can only confirm that we would welcome the organization of a regular session of an ‘Action Group’ in Moscow … In any case we see the relevance in carrying out such an event,” the top Russian official noted.
Bogdanov said Russia was not “holding on to Assad” but defending basic international principles that prevented powerful nations from deciding for the internal conflicts of smaller states.
He stressed that no foreign power had the right to decide for the fate of the Syrian president.
“The fate of a particular leader should be decided by the people in accordance with international legislation,” Bogdanov said.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March 2011.
While the West and the Syrian opposition accuse the government of killing protesters, Damascus blames ”outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, insisting that it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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