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Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem speaks during a news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, not seen, in Moscow, Tuesday, April 10, 2012.
Tuesday, Apr. 10, 2012

Open quoteAn end of violence must be simultaneous with the arrival of the international observers. Close quote

  • WALID AL-MOALLEM,
  • Syrian Foreign Minister, as tension mounted between Turkey and Syria on Tuesday after clashes between Syrian government forces and rebels spilled into Turkey; Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that it was up to Syria to calm the border situation
Photo: Sergey Ponomarev / AP | Source: NY Times