Lavrov: Some Countries’ non-Compliance with int’l Resolutions Obstructing Settlement of Crisis in Syria

SOCHI- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed the non-compliance of some countries with international resolutions for hindering the settlement to the crisis in Syria, according to SANA.

 “Problems pertaining to the crisis in Syria are not in the Russian stance but in the hesitancy surrounding the implementation of international resolution no. 2254 related to this settlement,” Sputnik quoted Lavrov as saying during a press conference with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic.

The resolution referred to by Lavrov has identified steps for a political solution to the crisis in Syria, stating that the solution should be in the hands of the Syrian people themselves.

 Zakharova: Moscow seeks a settlement for the crisis in Syria

Meanwhile, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova affirmed on Tuesday that Moscow seeks a settlement for the crisis in Syria according to international legal bases and awaits Washington to do so.

“We have no hidden agenda in Syria, and we will continue hard, multiple work, on an international legal basis to reach a settlement for the crisis in Syria,” Zakharova said in a statement quoted by Sputnik.

She was astonished at allegations by US undersecretary of State on Moscow’s unwillingness to carry out its obligations is Syria. She said “those statements seem strange because the Syrian National dialogue Congress was held by a Russian initiative in Sochi that took a decision to form a committee on discussing the current constitution.