Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks in Moscow on December 28, 2012, as he meets his visiting Egypt counterpart Mohamed Amr on the Syrian crisis. Russia, the only world power with close ties

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Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speaks in Moscow on December 28, 2012, as he meets his visiting Egypt counterpart Mohamed Amr on the Syrian crisis. Russia, the only world power with close ties to the Syrian regime, urged President Bashar al-Assad on Friday to talk to the opposition as Moscow itself put out feelers to the rebels.

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