Turkey and Saudi Arabia are unlikely to launch ground
operations in Syria in the light of Russian air forces
already stationed in the country, RIA news agency cited RussianForeign Minister
Sergei Lavrov as saying on May 4.
Speaking about the crisis in Syria, Lavrov
said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is not an ally for Russia to the
extent Turkey is for the United States.
“Assad is not an ally for us. Yes, we
support him in the fight against terror and in preserving the Syrian state,” he
told RIA in an interview.
“But he is not an ally in the sense Turkey is an
ally for the United States.”
Lavrov said Russia sees Syria
peace talks in Geneva resuming this month but the right conditions had not yet
been met for direct negotiations due to the “whims” of the opposition High
Negotiations Committee and other countries including Turkey.
Lavrov also said a meeting of the International Syria Support Group could be
convened in the coming weeks.
4-5-2016
Lavrov also said a meeting of the International Syria Support Group could be convened in the coming weeks.
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