聯合國祕書長潘基文和俄羅斯官員討論敘利亞問題大綱

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is in Russia, where he has said it is important not to "lose momentum" in talks on setting up a peace conference on Syria next month.

Mr. Ban is in the Black Sea resort town of Sochi to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin for talks on Syria. Earlier Friday, he met with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Russia has been pushing for inclusion of Syrian ally Iran and western ally Saudi Arabia in those talks, while accusing the United States of trying to narrow the field of participants.

Also Friday, the New York Times reported Friday that Russia has sent more advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria. At the same time, Russia says it has no interest in seeing Mr. Assad remain in power.

On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said they will keep pressure on Syria's president to step down.

Mr. Obama said at a joint White House news conference that he and Mr. Erdogan agree that President Bashar al-Assad should hand over power to a transitional body.正在俄羅斯訪問的聯合國祕書長潘基文說，關於下個月舉行敘利亞問題和平會議的磋商不要“失去勢頭”是非常重要的。

潘基文目前在黑海城市索契，準備和俄羅斯總統普京就敘利亞問題舉行會談。星期五早些時候，潘基文會晤了外交部長拉夫羅夫。

俄羅斯一直主張邀請敘利亞的盟友伊朗以及同西方友好的國家沙特參加和平會議，並且指責美國試圖縮小參加和平會議的範圍。

另一方面，紐約時報星期五報道說，俄羅斯向敘利亞提供了更多的先進反艦巡航導彈。而同時俄羅斯則表示，它並沒有興趣看到阿薩德繼續掌權。

星期四，美國總統奧巴馬和土耳其總理埃爾多安說，他們將繼續向敘利亞總統阿薩德施加壓力，迫使他下臺。

奧巴馬在白宮舉行的聯合記者會上說，他和埃爾多安都認爲，阿薩德應該把權力交給一個過渡機構。