Lavrov: arming groups contradicts Int’l legitimacy

LJUBLJANA,(ST)_Russia’s Foreign Minister has said that arming groups and not states contradicts the international legitimacy, calling for the implementation of the Geneva Communiqué issued on June30. 

Sergei Lavrov was speaking on Friday in a joint  conference with his Slovenian counterpart, Karl Erjavec  in Ljubljana.

The RT quoted Lavror as saying : “Talking about possibility of supplying opposition with lethal or non-lethal weapons and equipment indicates betting on military solution and not political one. “

“Those who are talking about military solution must realize that the achievement of their geo-political interests will lead to more victims in Syria.”

He noted that Washington underscored, during recent communications with Moscow, its support for political solution to the crisis in Syria.

Regarding matter of Syrian displaced citizens (Syrian refugees), Lavrov said that his county opposes exploitation of this matter to establish humanitarian corridors and No-fly zones.

On the other hand, Lavrov underscored that Moscow is ready for talks with all groups of Syrian opposition.

“But we should search for ways of ending violence neither in Moscow nor in other countries but in direct talks between the Syrian government and opposition under the Geneva Communiqué,” Lavrov said.  

B. Qaddour