Syria cannot become Libya - Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov

 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Western countries are "obsessed" by President Assad's resignation during a press conference after meeting with his US, Saudi Arabian and Turkish counterparts in Vienna on Friday. The crisis in Syria, particularly how to co-operate on the fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was on the agenda of the meeting.

SOT, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (Russian): "The speculations appeared long ago before this meeting. I have heard some rumours that we have agreed or will agree on President Assad's resignation. It is not true. Our partners have such an obsession by the Syrian President. But we have stated our position once again and it was very clearly stated also by the President [Vladimir Putin] in his latest speeches. If our partners stake on regime change [in Syria] and revolve around the concrete figure of President, than it will happen what we have already experienced in Iraq, in Libya, we know how it has ended. Unfortunately nothing has ended, the deep political crisis continues in these countries. That is why our position has a very simple formula - Syrian people have to decide on their own the future of Syria, the future of Syrian President or other persons and not at the battle-field, not through any revolts or coups, but through political dialogue"

SOT, Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister (Russian): "Our position is the following - to gather at one table Syrians [Syrian government and Syrian opposition] and secondly to provide good representative base for support group which should include more than four countries [Russia, US, Saudi Arabia, Turkey] that have met today in Vienna. We emphasised the role of Iran and Egypt which can influence the situation. The absence of these countries doesn't help in solving the crisis."









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