Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that France’s call for a conference involving countries which support the Syrian opposition will hinder UN resolutions on holding a Syrian-Syrian dialogue.
In a press conference in Moscow on Thursday, Lavrov said that holding such a conference will prevent achieving the basic goal which is starting a comprehensive intra-Syrian dialogue including the Assad government and all “opposition” groups.
Lavrov called upon France to work according to the UN-backed resolutions for settling the crisis in Syria and abandon its “comprehensive war against the Syrian government or the attempts to isolate it.”
On Wednesday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced that France will organize a meeting of the Western and Arab countries which back what he called “moderate opposition” in Syria.
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