US blames Russia, China in Annan resignation
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Kofi Annan's resignation on Thursday as international peace envoy for Syria underscores Syrian President Bashar Assad's refusal to abide by a UN-backed peace plan and the failure of Russia and China to hold Assad accountable at the UN Security Council, the White House said.
"President Assad, despite his promise to abide by the Kofi Annan plan, continues to brutally murder his own people, to use heavy weapons in assaults on civilian population centers," White House spokesman Jay Carney told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday as President Barack Obama headed to Florida. (Reuters)
