Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said on Monday that only Syrian government troops should have a presence on Syria’s southern border, which is close to Jordan and Israel.

“Of course, the withdrawal of all non-Syrian forces must be carried out on a mutual basis, this should be a two-way street,” Lavrov said at a joint news conference in Moscow with Jose Condungua Pacheco, his counterpart from Mozambique.

Lavrov added:  "The result of this work which should continue and is continuing should be a situation when representatives of the Syrian Arab Republic’s army stand at Syria’s border with Israel."