Lavrov: Int’l Community must Decide Whom to Stand with in Syria

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said : The international community has to decide with whom it will stand by in Syria. With those who want 'forced regime change' or those who want to resolve the crisis through dialogue.

He further stressed that Russia will insist on the participation of Iran in the international conference on Syria to be held in Geneva.

Meanwhile, Lavrov stressed Moscow was intent on bringing all countries who can influence the parley to the negotiating table. And one of those world powers is Tehran.
The West has met this motion with a great deal of resentment. "At the current stage our partners have been quite outspoken and critical about Iran's participation," Sergei Lavrov said at a briefing today. "We think they are mistaken," he added.

The Russian foreign minister vowed that Russia "will keep pressing for including all influential parties in the conference."
Among the organization that want to take an independent part in the conference are the National Coordination Committee and the Syrian Kurds, he said.
"We believe all opposition structures in Syria should be given an opportunity to communicate their viewpoint and participate in the achievement of a compromise, which will ensure peace, stability, ad equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups in the country," Lavrov said.

He further stated that all possible instances of chemical weapons use in Syria should be established as soon as possible.
"I would like to support Guido [German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle] regarding the need to urgently establish all of the facts linked to reports about the possible use of chemical weapons by the sides," Lavrov said at a press conference in the Kaliningrad region on Thursday.

In parallel, the Russian minister said: "A serious mistake was made when the Syrian government's request to investigate the possible use of chemical toxic substances in the city of Aleppo on March 19 was left without any response, but unlimited and unhindered access to any facility on Syrian territory was demanded instead," the Russian minister said.

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