Putin: We Refuse Chaos in Syria
MOSCOW, (ST)_ There are certain sides wanting chaos in Syria and Russia refuses that because Syria is close to the borders with Russia ,” said the Russian President Vladimir Putin in a joint press conference with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday, noting the need to know about all issues relating to the political future of all ethnic and religious minorities in Syria, before making changes”.
Putin, on the other hand, expressed Russia ‘s concern over the situation in Gaza Strip, noting , that Russia and Germany ‘s stances towards this issue are almost identical.
Meantime, the Russian foreign minister Sergey lavrov renewed the call to quickly halt all forms of violence in Syria and create the conditions to launch a comprehensive political dialogue , agreed by all the Syrians on the future of their country.
” We are worried about the growing activity of terrorist groups and the escalation of violence in Syria , because this will be conducive to the bloodshed and the killing of civilians,” the Russian Foreign minister said.
Lavrov remarks were made in a message he extended to participants in the 39th
session of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) currently held in Djibouti.
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