Moscow, SANA – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Moscow believes that it is important in principle not to allow new US strikes against Syria in the future, adding that a counter-terrorism front must be formed.<\/p>\n
“Russia\u2019s leadership has already voiced its principal assessments in this respect. We believe it is of principal importance to prevent risks of a repeat of such steps in the future,” Lavrov said during his meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Moscow.<\/p>\n
Lavrov said that Moscow wants to understand the real intentions of the US administration.<\/p>\n
“We are always in favor of collective steps,” Lavrov said. “We do not consider any closed alliances and misalliances productive.”<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s very important for us to understand the US position and real intentions of your administration. I hope to achieve progress on this path today,” the minister added.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be frank that we have a lot of questions regarding very ambiguous as well as contradictory ideas regarding a whole plethora of bilateral and international agenda coming from Washington,” Lavrov said.<\/p>\n
He stressed that it is “fundamentally important to prevent future US attacks on Syria.”<\/p>\n
He pointed out that it is difficult for Moscow to receive Washington’s explanations on operational issues because “not all State Department positions have been filled” yet.<\/p>\n
M.al-Frieh\/H. Said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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