SECRETARY CLINTON: It is an honor to welcome here to the State
Department the Joint Special Envoy, former Secretary General, friend and
colleague Kofi Annan to continue the discussions that he’s been having
with us and with many others around the world, including at the Security
Council yesterday, about how to engender a greater response by the
Government of Syria to the six-point plan that he has put forth. And I’m
looking forward to the discussions that we will have together.
JOINT SPECIAL ENVOY ANNAN: Syria is a real, real challenge.
And I’m really grateful to have the opportunity to discuss with
Secretary of State Madam Hillary Clinton the issues involved, how we can
put additional pressure on the government, on the parties to get the
plan implemented. We had a very serious discussion yesterday in the
Security Council, as well as in the General Assembly, and everyone is
looking for a solution.
Some say the plan may be dead. Is the problem the plan or the problem
is implementation? If it’s implementation, how do we get action on
that? And if it’s the plan, what other options do we have?
So all these questions are now being discussed, and we are also
exploring how we can work with other governments in the region and
around the world to achieve our goals.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you, all.
