21 Jan 2014 11:26

Attempts to apply outside pressure on Syria counterproductive - Lavrov

MOSCOW. Jan 21 (Interfax) - Moscow said that the attempts of external forces to dictate recipes of the future political structure for Syria would not lead to stable peace in the country.

"Only Syrians themselves can determine the structure of the country's future. The attempts of external forces to engage in social engineering and to dictate the recipes of political structure to other nations are counterproductive," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday.

Such actions "will not lead to stable peace and national accord," Lavrov said.