MOSCOW- The situation in Syria and efforts to resume talks of Geneva 2 conference will be the main issue to be discussed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Syria Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi during their meeting in Geneva on Monday at a human rights council session.
Lavrov is leaving for Geneva on Monday, where he will participate in the 25th session of the UN Human Rights Committee.
According to Itar Tass, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that human rights should not be used for changing legitimate governments.
“Any attempts to introduce political or economic sanctions under the pretence of human rights reasons are categorically unacceptable,” the foreign ministry said. “We are confident that such sanctions can only exacerbate the situation in a country and facilitate further human rights violations.”
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