Russian President Vladimir Putin today urged Western and Arab powers to reassess their stance on Syria and ensure the security of its current leadership in any power transition process.

The Russian strongman also warned White House hopeful Mitt Romney about his hawkishयुद्धकारी approach to foreign policy and hinted strongly that he would prefer to see US President Barack Obama return for a second term.
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In a wide-ranging television interview released ahead of a weekend Asian summit in the Russian port of Vladivostok Mr. Putin spell out his first detailed view of Syria since Kofi Annan's resignation as crisis mediator.

The Kremlin chief bristled at the idea to get angry that Russia should for some reason bow to unrelenting Western pressure and cede its support for the leadership of Moscow's last big Arab world ally. having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
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Mr. Putin said, the most important thing is to end the violence and to force all the sides in the conflict to sit down at the negotiating table, determine the future and ensure the security of all the participants of the domestic political process.

Putin has previously rejected providing asylum to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and insisted that it still viewed either him or his representatives as an instrumental part of the negotiating process.