Moscow, Tehran, Ankara ultimately want put an end to war in Syria - Russian FM

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Publish Date: 12:46 - 05 September 2018
TEHRAN, September 05 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the end goals of Russia Turkey and Iran in Syria may differ at some aspects, but the countries ultimately want the Syrian conflict to end.

Moscow, Tehran, Ankara ultimately want put an end to war in Syria - Russian FMTEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview that Moscow with its partners on the Astana group of Syrian peace guarantors (Russia, Turkey and Iran) ultimately want put an end to the war in Syria and make sure that Syrian people could decide their fate without an outside interference.

Lavrov also said on Tuesday that the United States assured Russia that it would ensure the separation of armed opposition from terrorists in Syria.

"Our partners, including US ones, assured us that they would ensure the separation of the so-called moderate opposition from terrorists," Lavrov said on Russia's Channel One.

“The only de-escalation zone remains in Idlib where several dozens of thousands extremists are still deployed. They are headed by the Jabhat al-Nusra,” Lavrov told Russia’s Channel One broadcaster on Tuesday.

The minister pointed out that the Jabhat Fatah al Sham group, which is recognized as a terror group by the United Nations, posed the greatest threat to the stability in Syria.

Lavrov added that Russia as well as Iran were operating in Syria at the direct invitation of Damascus while all the others were acting there illegally.

Source: Sputnik

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