US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that Russia will face repercussions for supporting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, RIA Novosti reports.
She said that the world society, including Russia and all members of the UN Security Council, need to demand al-Assad to stop violence and fulfill the plan of Kofi Annan.
Clinton urged Russia to stop supplying Syria with weapons. She accused Russia of providing the regime with helicopters. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denied it and added that the country was fulfilling contracts on air defenses with Syria. The Russian minister accused the US of sending military equipment to Syrian opposition.
The US secretary of state said that only humanitarian aid and medicaments worth $52 million are sent to Syria. Some of it is communication equipment.
