Kerry: Assad supporters must press regime

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Kerry: Assad supporters must press regime to end obstruction

• Secretary of state makes statement on stalled Syrian talks
• UN mediator apologises for failure to make progress

Secretary of state John Kerry has responded to the breakdown of Syria peace talks in Geneva on Saturday, calling on “the regime’s supporters” in the international community to press the government of Bashar al-Assad, as “in the end, they will bear responsibility if the regime continues with its intransigence in the talks and its brutal tactics on the ground.”

Earlier on Sunday the Syrian foreign minister, Walid al-Moallem, said the US had tried to “create a very negative climate for dialogue in Geneva”. His comments were carried by the state news service as the Syrian delegation was returning from Switzerland to Damascus.

In a statement, Kerry said: “The international community understands that the primary purpose of our diplomacy is to discuss the full implementation of the Geneva communique, including the creation of a transitional governing body. The Syrian people deserve no less. We call on the regime’s supporters to press the regime.”

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He added: “The opposition delegation has regularly demonstrated that they are willing to engage constructively in the interests of all the Syrian people. In sharp contrast, we have seen a refusal to engage on the part of the regime. While it stalled in Geneva, the regime intensified its barbaric assault on its civilian population with barrel bombs and starvation.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/feb/16/kerry-assad-supporters-must-press-regime-to-end-obstruction