(MENAFN) On Friday, Russia Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov urged for a greater UN presence in Syria, Anadolu Agency reported.
Speaking at a news conference following his meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura in the capital Moscow, Lavrov said building up UN presence in Syria is important for humanitarian assistance and gathering authentic information.
"We cannot tolerate a situation where UN agencies in their reports and public statements rely on information borrowed from other sources in Syria, not the UN"s own ones," the Russian foreign minister said.
Staffan de Mistura, for his part, emphasized the importance of avoiding any military escalation in Syria and the necessity of political process to resolve crisis in the country.
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