22 Jan 2014 13:36

Lavrov warns external forces against attempts to disrupts Montreaux talks

MONTREAUX. Jan 22 (Interfax) - Moscow hopes all external players involved in the Syrian conflict will refrain from attempts to predetermine the outcome of the Geneva II, as well as any steps capable of disrupting the talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

"We hope that all external players will encourage Syrians to reach an accord, to refrain - and to prevent the sides - from attempts to predetermine final agreements, from other steps capable of disrupting the negotiating process," he said at the opening of the Geneva II international conference on Syria.