Moscow, Beijing to Coordinate Over Crisis in Syria
Moscow, Brasilia (ST) _ The Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Moscow and Beijing are planning to continue coordinating efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria very soon.
Itar-Tass quoted spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying after the meeting between the representative of the Russian president on Middle East affairs and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and the Chinese Ambassador in Moscow Li Hui that “the two sides focused during the talks on the Russian-American agreements to settle the crisis in Syria, concluded during the visit of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to Moscow on Tuesday . “
The Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that emphasize was laid on the common quest to continue to coordinate the efforts of Moscow and Beijing to resolve the crisis in Syria as soon as possible.
Following talks on Tuesday with his US peer John Kerry in Moscow, Lavrov announced : “Russia and the US will work to encourage the Syrian government and opposition groups to find a political solution” and the two sides agreed on the need to make efforts in order to accelerate that .
Meantime, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced it informed Syria’s ambassador to Russia, Dr. Riad Haddad with the content of the Russian and American consensus finalized during a meeting between Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, John Kerry, and U.S. Secretary of State.
“A meeting was held between the Special Representative of the Russian President, and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Ambassador Haddad during which the Syrian side was notified by the content of the Russian-American agreements finalized during May 7th talks between the two ministers, Lavrov and Kerry to overcome the crisis in the Syria by calling for an international conference on the basis of Geneva statement on June 30th.
Meanwhile, , Ambassador Tovar Nunes da Silva, spokesman for the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Relations said that Brazil supports the Russian- US compatibility to reach a political solution to end the crisis in Syria.
“Happy as we received information about these efforts, especially that the initiative seeks a political solution , negotiated with the participation of the Syrians,” the Brazilian official said
The Brazilian spokesman reiterated his country ‘s position in support for a political solution in Syria through dialogue, adding, “since the beginning of the crisis in Syria , Brazil ‘s Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota advocated a call for a negotiable and unarmed solution and is armed in the region,” pointing out that the military intervention in the region is not and option.
T. Fateh