Washington urged Russia not to sell arms to Syria

U.S. Secretary of State called on Russia to stop arms deliveries regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

"We would like to see that Russia has stopped selling weapons to the Assad regime," - said in an interview with Secretary of State broadcasting company CBS.

She noted the importance of universal international impact on Syria. "It is important that this was not the only American voice that we want these voices heard all over the world", - underlined the diplomat.

Earlier it was reported that the United States is prepared to call Syrian President Bashar Assad to leave his post. The corresponding statement will be made in the next few days after U.S. diplomats to discuss it with representatives of the countries - members of the UN Security Council.

Earlier, UN Secretary-General called on Syrian authorities to immediately halt the use of military force against civilians. In turn, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia recalled their ambassadors from Damascus. EU led sanctions against a number of Syrian leaders, including President. Mentioned in the sanctions list persons banned from entering EU territory, and their financial assets in Europe frozen.

In Syria, over the past four months, there were mass demonstrations to demand for major reforms and the resignation of President Bashar Assad.

The protests began in mid-March in Dera'a in the south, and then spread to other regions. According to recent reports of Syrian human rights defenders, in this time of clashes with security forces killed more than 1.6 thousand people, almost 3tysyachi people were missing.

According to official figures, with the events of the actions of "armed terrorist elements," in which the Syrian authorities have blamed for the violence in the country, killing 340 soldiers and security forces.