Lavrov: Russia Adherent to Political Settlement in Syria, Concerned that De Mistura Shying Away From Responsibilities

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BAKU- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has renewed his country’s adherence to political solution to the crisis in Syria in accordance with relevant UN resolutions.

In a press conference with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov following their meeting in Baku on Tuesday, Lavrov said Russia is concerned that UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura is shying away from his responsibilities by avoiding convening a new round of intra-Syrian talks.

 “We are concerned that the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has been shying away from his duties recently, not calling another round of intra-Syrian talks, and starting to make public statements on the need for Russia and the United States to agree on how to proceed with the political settlement in Syria, and then the UN will convene a new round of intra-Syrian talks. This is the wrong approach. Replacing the intra-Syrian dialogue with a Russia-US duet is impossible and I believe this is a very harmful signal that is being sent to the irreconcilable opposition in the so-called High Negotiations Committee, which just keeps voicing ultimatums on [Syrian President Bashar] Assad’s resignation and some sort of deadlines. This is not helping the case,” the minister underlined, according to Sputnik.

The last round of intra-Syrian talks in Geneva stopped on April 27th without achieving any progress, because of the negative stances of the “Riyadh opposition group” and its being a servant to foreign agenda.

Normalization of Russia-Turkey Relations to Help Syrian Settlement

Lavrov also said that the normalization of relations between Russia and Turkey will help in the search for solutions to the crisis in Syria.

“All this will have a positive impact on the overall situation in the region and, importantly, I hope it will help us to search more efficiently for joint approaches to the settlement of the crisis in Syria,” Lavrov told reporters.

Hamda Mustafa

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