MOSCOW,(ST)_ ” Washington has deviated from the contents of the Geneva Statement and is acting unilaterally, ” said the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, adding that the uproar raised on a change in the Russian position is artificial.
“Our stance on the basis of the Geneva Statement is identical with that of the Americans, but Washington has turned away from it and started to act unilaterally,” Bogdanov added in a statement to ” Russia today” TV on Saturday
He stressed that “the fabricated uproar ” on statements quoted for him were emanating from a misunderstanding of the meaning of ideas discussed with several members of the Russian Social Chamber, noting that the discussions were about developments of the situation in Syria and that the Russian foreign ministry was considering all possibilities , including the evacuation of Russian nationals from Syria.
Bogdanov explained .. ” I told those who questioned the situation in Syria that the Syrian opposition said they control 60 percent of the area of Syria and the Turks are also talking about numbers and I said we have to deal with the information seriously and not to drop any possibility,” stressing that Moscow declared more than once , even by President Vladimir Putin that it deals with the crisis in Syria on the ground of the interests of the Syria people and it does not support any party against the other.
Worthy mentioning that certain media last Thursday disseminated news on the developments of conditions in Syria and attributed them to Bogdanov, who is also the special envoy of the Russian President to the Middle East . However, promoted last Thursday news about the latest developments in Syria’s per Bogdanov Russian president’s special envoy to the Middle East.
However, the Russian Foreign ministry denied this news and confirmed that he made no such statement.
T. Fateh