Saspkin: Doha Summit Decisions Contradict International Legitimacy

BEIRUT,(ST)_Russia’s ambassador in Lebanon Alexander Saspkin  stressed that the decisions of the recent Arab summit on Syria contradict with the efforts to find out a political solution to its  crisis and with  international legitimacy and Geneva  Statement, violate the mission of the UN envoy  to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi and adversely affects the situation in Syria and the region as a whole.

Following his meeting with the Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour on Saturday,  Saspkin stressed the need for a political solution in Syria, to continue the efforts to stop violence and maintain a dialogue between the Syrian authorities and the opposition , so as  the Syrian people to have the  right to self-determination and choose their leadership, according to the constitution and democratic norms away from extremism and terrorism.

Saspkin noted to a comprehensive vision in both Lebanon and Russia for what is happening, stressing the need to contain  any problem on the Syrian-Lebanese border , based on the  constructive ties between the two countries  authorities in line with Lebanese- Syrian  bilateral agreements on security , military and defense issues.

Regarding the investigation on  the use of chemical weapons in Syria Saspkin noted  that Russia wants to focus on what happened on March 19, stressing that preliminary investigations conducted by Syria showed that the opposition used chemical weapons.

T. Fateh