"Russia’s position on [Syrian President Bashar] al-Assad’s future is that no one can dictate whether Assad is to go or not. Assad’s future and the future of the Syrian government can be decided only by the Syrian people," he underscored.
In general, Russia, in his words, positively assessed the results of the last week’s Vienna meeting of foreign ministers on the Syrian settlement. "Efforts are being taken. Much is yet to be done. We hope things will develop as scheduled," he added.
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17/11/15
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Russia said Wednesday that following the carnage in Paris it was now clear that global powers should unite without any preconditions on the fate of Syria's embattled leader Bashar Assad...
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After the Paris massacre that claimed the lives of at least 129 people last Friday, French President Francois Hollande has called for the creation of a broad anti-ISIS coalition and will discuss the proposal with both U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin next week.
Lavrov expressed hope that other Western powers would follow suit and would be more open to cooperating with Moscow in Syria.
"I hope that the change in position of our Western colleagues -- which unfortunately came at the cost of the terrible terror attacks -- will be seen on the part of our other Western partners," Russia's top diplomat said..............AFP
18/11/15