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MOSCOW, SANA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that his country insists on launching the Syrian-Syrian dialogue as soon as possible in which all the parties participate to solve the crisis in Syria.
“We are pressing for the earliest beginning of a full-fledged political dialogue in Syria. The UN has the corresponding mandate, but it is not very active in this sphere so far,” he told the students of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations on Thursday.
According to Lavrov, Russia is exerting efforts for the settlement of the Syrian crisis, combating terrorism and alleviating the population’s suffering based on international law, saying that “International terrorism is our common enemy. We are convinced that combating international terrorism is possible only on the international law basis, without double standards and with respect for UN central role.”
“We were guided by these principles, when in response to the Syrian government’s request we sent a contingent of the Russian Aerospace Forces to Syria to fight ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra,” Lavrov added, pointing out that “We are simultaneously fulfilling very important tasks to facilitate the humanitarian situation of the Syrian population, especially in the areas that are blocked by the militants.”
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