The situation around the international conference on Syria, or the Geneva-II conference, requires immediate intervention of the players who exercise influence on the country's opposition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
Russia on Sunday accused the United States of threatening to thwart the work of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Syria if Moscow drops support for a U.N. Security Council resolution allowing the use of force.
Russia said Tuesday that a UN Security Council resolution on Syria's chemical weapons would not contain any references to the use of force.
Russia and China are the main guarantors of international laws and norms, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
Moscow hoped a "war of civilizations" in Syria could be avoided, despite the fact Western powers had been moving along that path, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
Russia is waiting for a response from U.S. President Barack Obama over the letter his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin has sent, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday.
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