Iran Press/Europe: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a press conference with his Serbian counterpart Ivica Dacic has criticised the non-compliance of some countries with international resolutions for hindering the settlement to the crisis in Syria.
“Problems pertaining to the crisis in Syria are not in the Russian stance but in the hesitancy surrounding the implementation of international resolution no. 2254 related to this settlement”, Russian Foreign Minister added.
The resolution referred to by Lavrov has identified steps for a political solution to the crisis in Syria, stating that the solution should be in the hands of the Syrian people themselves.
In Aug, 14, speaking to journalists in Ankara, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: "We won’t probably see any direct linkage with the Syrian crisis in the statements made by the US side when it declares sanctions against our countries (Russia, Iran and Turkey). But objectively, of course we feel the wish of the West, and first of all the US but not only the US, to prevent the Astana process from achieving concrete results and present it as not quite successful," he said. "These attempts were seen earlier, and most likely they will continue," the top Russian diplomat added.
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Meanwhile, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova affirmed on Tuesday that Moscow seeks a settlement for the crisis in Syria according to international legal bases and awaits Washington to do so.
“We have no hidden agenda in Syria, and we will continue hard, multiple work, on an international legal basis to reach a settlement for the crisis in Syria,” Zakharova said in a statement.
The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry was astonished at allegations by US undersecretary of State on Moscow’s unwillingness to carry out its obligations is Syria. She said “those statements seem strange because the Syrian National dialogue Congress was held by a Russian initiative in Sochi that took a decision to form a committee on discussing the current constitution.
About 1.2 million Syrian refugees have returned to their homes since September 2015.
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