Russia urges West to work together with all sides in Syrian conflict, except for terrorists - Lavrov
MOSCOW. Feb 4 (Interfax) - Russia has called on the United States and other countries able to influence the sides in the Syrian conflict to maintain contact with all the parties in the Syrian confrontation, except for terrorists, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
"We encourage our American and European partners, as well as the region's countries to take such an approach. We are convinced that they also should work together with all of the sides in the Syrian conflict. I certainly mean political sides, not terrorist ones," Lavrov said at a meeting with the leader of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Ahmad Jarba.
Moscow highly appreciates this opportunity for dialogue with National Coalition representatives, the Russian minister said.
Lavrov said that he had already met with Jarba in Paris on January 12 as part of the preparations for the Geneva II conference.
"In my opinion, today's conversation will be very useful from the point of view of detailing our approaches to the future of the Geneva process," he said.