i'm pleased today to welcome the foreign minister of france our ally mr laurent fabius and his delegate in the kingdom of saudi arabia, and to welcome you in this conference. our cooperation we have discussed with the minister this morning. with an interview, a servant of the holy site. many issues that are of importance to both countries, and the discussion with the minister with the servant of the holy site was important and critical. the minister's visit reinforces the relations between the two countries and the continued coordination over a variety of regional and international issues that are common to us country. naturally one of the common reasons for the visit, and receiving a letter from the french president - today we held a discussion an expanded discussion, and i will classify them as fruitful and construct constructive and it covers the development in the bilateral relationships and via the mechanisms represented in the joint saudi arabia committee, concerned with researching and cooperation on governmental levels and business relationships for actioning the cooperation on

fabius: no, moderate opposition. they consider everyone who is against mr. bashir assad a terrorist. no. and therefore our point as far as france's concerns -- and other countries as well, say that if it is against daesh and al qaeda, it is ok. we ourselves are against daesh and al qaeda. but if it is, how can i put it, some sort of pretense to fight against the opposition and reinforce assad, that is another story. charlie: who said assad has to be the future of syria? charlie: iran. f.m. fabius: when you discuss that with russia, they say, we will see. what are they doing today? reinforcing him. charlie: they say that. the russians say that. they say they are there to prevent assad from being overthrown because they think they need him. f.m. fabius: the argument is very good. to avoid chaos is not to maintain assad for eternity. it is not a matter of person, i have to be clear. imagine you are a syrian. your family has been destroyed assad. it is the situation of more than 50% of the population, and you say to this family, ok, assad is the one. no. it is n

fabius, and he will continue to stay in touch with world leaders in the days to come. yes? >> [inaudible] >> at this point, to answer your second question first, at this point i'm not aware of any full security council meeting as you will be aware. the secretary-general did speak to the permanent members of the security council already. he intends to speak to the nonpermanent members of the security council in the days to come. i think that will probably be on tuesday. we can give you more details as we get closer to that. with regard to your first question, i would simply say that the secretary-general took note of the announcement by president obama yesterday on the referral to congress. i can tell you he regards it as one aspect of an effort to achieve a broad-based international consensus on measures in response to any use of chemical weapons. use of chemical weapons will not be accepted under any circumstances and there should be no impunity and any perpetrators of such a horrific crime against humanity must be held accountable. the u.n. investigation mission should be

larocque fabius says it would include parameters based on an israeli withdrawal. mr. fabius: france has supported a resolution of the u.n. defining parameters and accompanying the negotiations between the two parties. in the coming weeks, and relation with the different parties, france will be part and parcel of proposing a resolution in the u.n./ amy: the obama administration signaled it might not block a u.n. resolution in response to netanyahu's rejection of palestinian statehood. netanyahu has announced he will release three months of tax revenue to the palestinian authority. israel began withholding the funds in response to the palestinian effort to join the international criminal court. palestinian officials warned the denial of tax revenue threatened economic collapse. a syrian coalition that includes an offshoot of al qaeda have captured the second major syrian city to fall to the rebels after raqqa, now under control of the islamic state. the rebel coalition includes nusra front. thousands of residents have fled the city out of fear. tens of thousands of peop

thank you, mr. minister. back in a moment. stay with us. laurent fabius is here, the foreign minister for egypt's. government. government's government is now revising the constitution adopted after the ousted president of mohammed morsi. it's a road map to reconciliation. a cairo court ordered the muslim brotherhood. i am pleased to welcome him to this table. welcome back. it's good to see you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: so, there's so much to talk about in terms of assessment where egypt is and all of that. but first the united nations. you have been here. obviously, there is now, on a friday afternoon, the news that the president of the united states had a phone conversation with the president of iran. what do you make of that? >> first of all, i've been around the u.n. for a long time. in most general assemblies, there's always a star, or there's one star that's brighter than the others. >> rose: right. and the star this year. >> was iraq and the new president. it's an important country. he's newly electedly. he's considered to be a

fabius' increasing rule -- increasing role. on several occasions, that iran has to do more than they were offering on the nuclear deal. people had to remind -- people have been bringing them back. stuart: thank you so much. arthur mcmillan speaking live from tehran. the leader of turkey's pro-kurdish operation has called for immediate hold tossed a lit is on both sides after turkish airstrikes. saying hostilities should immediately come to a halt and all parties should act with common sense. it comes after the turkish president has said that his country cannot continue a peace process with the kurdish pkk. we go to jasper mortimer joining us on the turkish-syrian mortar -- the turkish-syrian border. last night a legend positions in turkey and syria were attacked. what does that say about the current conflict? jasper: it shows how much the conflict has escalated. since monday morning guerillas allegedly blew up a gas pipeline in eastern turkey, blew up a road bridge in southeastern turkey, and they have been killing or kidnappin

mr. fabius: we are a few meters away from the finishing line. but we know the last meters are the hardest. there's a lot at stake, the fight against nuclear proliferation and the renovation of iran into the international community. catherine: john kerry took a break from the long and intense negotiations. he's extended his stay, as has his german counterpart. the iranian foreign minister urged negotiators to show flexibility. mr. zarif: i hope our colleagues will recognize the fact that this is a unique opportunity and they need to take advantage of it. catherine: discussions over three demands, first, the timescale. the international community want a 10 year deal, iran wants a shorter framework. western powers want to gradually lift sanctions, iran demands an immediate lifting as soon as an agreement is reached. the third sticking point is whether tehran should be allowed to continue research on modernizing centrifuges. the u.s. warrants s a consensus is not reached, the international community would take stronger action. mr. ernest: even tough