Putin calls Annan resignation a 'great shame'

August 03, 2012 01:39

AFP reports: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called Kofi Annan's resignation as Syria peace envoy a 'great shame' that should not deter efforts to find a diplomaticsolution to the conflict.

"Kofi Annan is a man of great merit, a brilliant diplomatand a very honest person, so it is a great shame," Russian news agencies quoted Putin as saying prior to his departurefrom a brief visit to London.

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