Russia announced Wednesday that it is ready to support U.N. envoy Kofi Annan’s mission to Syria, which the Security Council has been debating and drafting a “presidential statement” to accompany. Western powers revised a draft of the statement Tuesday, removing a vague threat of future actions against Bashar al-Assad's regime in hope of winning the support of the hesitant Chinese and Russians. It originally called for the Security Council to review the implementation of international envoy Annan's six-point proposal, and then propose "further measures" if it proved ineffective. The new draft removed the threat of possible military sanctions.
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