US asks China to press Assad on Syria violence

August 15, 2012 03:48

The United States today called on China to use its influence to press Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to end more than a year of bloodshed as senior US and Syrian envoys visited Beijing.

"Our hope is that the Chinese will do what they can and use their influence to encourage the Assad regime to end the violence," State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.

Washington also hopes that China will encourage Assad to comply with a peace plan negotiated by former UN chief Kofi Annan, who resigned on August 2 as the special envoy to Syria, blaming weak support for his efforts.

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