Lavrov Rejects Pre-conditions on Al-Assad’s Fate

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday that following the carnage in Paris it was now clear that global powers should unite without any preconditions on the fate of Syria's President Bashar Assad.

"It seems to me there are no longer any doubts that it is simply unacceptable to put forward any pre-conditions for joining forces in the fight against terror," Lavrov told reporters.

He stressed that "the right to self-defense will be implemented by all available means both political and military, and through special services, intelligence, and so on."

The FM reiterated what the Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed: "Moscow's actions will be based on Article 51 of the UN Charter, which implies the right of any state of individual or collective self-defense in case of an attack upon it."

Accordingly, he further considered that the US and its allies are playing a dangerous game in Syria as they count on "ISIS" to weaken President Bashar al-Assad, but at the same time don't want the terror group to seize power in the country.

Lavrov called Washington's actions in Syria a "dangerous game," making it hard to determine America's true aims in Syria.

In a related context, he also said that Western claims that Russia's air forces have been hitting peaceful civilians in Syria are "groundless."

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