Lavrov: Lifting EU Embargo on Arms Supplies to Syrian Opposition Violates International Law

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MOSCOW- Russian Foreign Minister Sergi Lavrov has stressed that the lifting of the embargo on arms deliveries to the Syrian opposition by Western countries will constitute a crude violation of international law.

The Voice of Russia  quoted Lavrov as saying that “As for the embargo which the European Union imposed on the delivery of arms to the Syrian opposition, it should not have been declared, because that is prohibited by international law,” Lavrov said at a Monday press conference in Moscow following his talks with Guinean Foreign Minister Francois Lonseny Fall.

In another context,  Lavrov told journalists that he would meet with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on April 23 to discuss Syria.

“We had a very good conversation with John Kerry and agreed on the phone the day before yesterday to meet in Brussels tomorrow on the sidelines of the Russia-NATO Council meeting and discuss what we, Russia and the U.S., could do to encourage those who resisted the peaceful settlement that have yet to change their position,” he said

The Russian minister said he got the impression that Washington has been “inclined” lately to move toward a political settlement of the Syrian conflict.

“When I spoke with John Kerry on the phone, I felt a confirmation to the inclination displayed at our earlier meetings, the inclination to search for the soonest political settlement and ways to direct the situation towards negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition,” Lavrov added

H. Mustafa

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