Kerry comments on Syria and Ukraine
(13 Mar 2016) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY Paris - 13 March 2016 1. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeir, European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini, Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry arriving at news conference 2. SOUNDBITE (English) John Kerry, US Secretary of State: "Today Russia faces a choice between continuing economically damaging sanctions and fully meeting its obligations under Minsk. And I think Moscow is very well aware what it needs to do and our message today is one that we are united in our determination to continue to be supportive of the Ukraine, to protect its sovereignty and integrity, at the same time, as we proffer with Russia, the opportunity to work with us to fully implement Minsk and move to stabilise that region. As Jean-Marc also said, we had a good discussion about Syria. We all strongly support UN efforts and we look forward to the resumption of talks in Geneva on Monday. And there isn't a person standing here who doesn't understand how difficult that is. I witnessed the comments made just yesterday by the Foreign Minister of Syria clearly trying to disrupt the process, clearly trying to send a message of deterrence to others. But the fact is that his stronger sponsors, Iran and Russia, have both adopted at the United Nations since support of the United Nations, and in the Vienna communiques and the Munich meetings, an approach which dictates that there must be a political transition and that we must move towards a presidential election at some point in time." ++EDIT ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++ STORYLINE: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Russia to meets its obligations under the Minsk agreements for eastern Ukraine, or continue to face damaging economic sanctions. Speaking in Paris following a meeting with some of his European counterparts, Kerry also said he looked forward to tomorrow's planned resumption of indirect peace talks in Geneva between the Syrian regime and opposition. =========================================================== Clients are reminded: (i) to check the terms of their licence agreements for use of content outside news programming and that further advice and assistance can be obtained from the AP Archive on: Tel +44 (0) 20 7482 7482 Email: [email protected] (ii) they should check with the applicable collecting society in their Territory regarding the clearance of any sound recording or performance included within the AP Television News service (iii) they have editorial responsibility for the use of all and any content included within the AP Television News service and for libel, privacy, compliance and third party rights applicable to their Territory. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
