Lavrov: President Al-Assad Represents Interests of Wide Category of Syrian People

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 MOSCOW- President Bashar Al-Assad represents the interests of a wide category of the Syrian people, stressed Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, pointing out that attaining stability in Syria is a top priority.

Interviewed by RT on Tuesday, Lavrov stressed that the success in the Syrian and Iranian issues has been achieved thanks to collective efforts, saying that from the very beginning of the so-called Arab Spring, “our Western partners didn’t take peoples’ interests into consideration.” 

Some parties are trying to benefit from the critical humanitarian situation in Syria to create tension before the holding of the International Conference on Syria “Geneva II”.

He added that the attitudes of some Western countries towards the crisis in Syria have become more realistic after they realized the danger of terrorism there.

Lavrov asserted that Russia’s Western partners have started to realize that changing the “regime in Syria is not the way to solve the crisis” but a way to facilitate the arrival of what the so-called “jihadists” to power.

“The attitudes are changing in Western countries, they are becoming more realistic in their approach towards settling the Syrian crisis,” said Lavrov. “The threat of terrorism in Syria, the threat of jihadists coming to power, the threat of creating a caliphate with extremist rules are the main problems.

The issue of the humanitarian crisis in Syria has been exploited, just as the issue of the chemical weapons before it, to lay all of the blame on the Syrian government, Lavrov said. The Foreign Minister has warned against taking sides in the Syrian conflict now as it can put the nearing peace negotiations under threat.

Deadline to destroy chemical weapons in Syria to be met

On the issue of chemical weapons, Lavrov said Moscow is sure that destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons will be finished by June 30.

“I believe that deadline 30 June to destroy chemical weapons in Syria to be met,” Lavrov said.

H. Moustafa

 

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