<p>Russia’s foreign minister has said Moscow is ready to seek consensus in the UN Security Council on a new resolution aimed at ending Syria’s civil war, but gave no indication how it would resolve a disagreement over a Britain-sponsored resolution.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Moscow’s draft resolution calls for the “immediate implementation” of a peace plan from Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy for the crisis, and the guidelines for a political transition approved at a meeting in Geneva last month, but it objects to the resolution that would be tied to Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, which could allow the use of force to end the conflict in Syria.<br /><br />Although Western nations appear to have little appetite for force, Russia adamantly opposes any prospect of international intervention in the 16-month-old conflict. China, another veto-wielding member of the Security Council, also has backed Syria.<br /><br />After a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Annan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday said, “I don’t see a reason that we couldn’t agree in the Security Council. We are prepared for that,” according to the Interfax news agency.<br /></p>
<p>Russia’s foreign minister has said Moscow is ready to seek consensus in the UN Security Council on a new resolution aimed at ending Syria’s civil war, but gave no indication how it would resolve a disagreement over a Britain-sponsored resolution.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Moscow’s draft resolution calls for the “immediate implementation” of a peace plan from Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League envoy for the crisis, and the guidelines for a political transition approved at a meeting in Geneva last month, but it objects to the resolution that would be tied to Chapter 7 of the United Nations Charter, which could allow the use of force to end the conflict in Syria.<br /><br />Although Western nations appear to have little appetite for force, Russia adamantly opposes any prospect of international intervention in the 16-month-old conflict. China, another veto-wielding member of the Security Council, also has backed Syria.<br /><br />After a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Annan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov yesterday said, “I don’t see a reason that we couldn’t agree in the Security Council. We are prepared for that,” according to the Interfax news agency.<br /></p>