© Vladimir Fedorenko / RIA Novosti Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Government Hour at a State Duma plenary session.
"We have proposed to Americans what President Vladimir Putin informed the public about yesterday, namely, to send a delegation of military experts to Moscow to agree on a whole number of joint steps, afterwards we would be ready to send a high delegation led by Prime Minister Medvedev to Washington," Lavrov told the Russian Parliament on Thursday.
"Today we were told that they will not be able to send a delegation to Moscow. At the same time, they are unable to receive our delegation in Washington," he added. The top Russian diplomat also said that when Moscow invited partners to join the Baghdad-based anti-terrorism center it got an unconstructive response.
"We invited our other partners to take part in activities of the information center so that everyone could see the full picture, so that everyone is on the same page to avoid any misunderstanding. The response was unconstructive. They said why in Iraq? It is not safe there. We explained that according to our estimates, this center can operate in quite favorable conditions. But if there is a wish to coordinate actions in some other place, we are ready for this," Lavrov said.
Comment: In 2003 the Bush administration said the 'cakewalk war' in Iraq would last six weeks. 12 years has passed since then and the US has still not been able to make Iraq safe for a meeting? It speaks volumes about the Empire's real goal: US engineering and support of terrorism.