Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT

Russian FM: US planning to divide Syria


(MENAFN) On Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Western countries are making statements on the support for Syria's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity as a cover for their plans to reformat the Middle East and ruin the Arab Republic.

Russia's top diplomat made this statement while opening a meeting with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts Mevlut Cavusoglu and Mohammad Javad Zarif, TASS reported.

"For Western countries, the statements in support of the sovereignty, independence and the territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic are just words, which to all appearances are intended to cover up the plans for re-formatting the Middle East and dividing Syria into parts," Russia's top diplomat stated.

"Today we need to help Syrians complete freeing the country from terrorists and we are helping the Syrian government build bridges of national reconciliation and restore what has been destroyed," he said.

Lavrov also reiterated Russia's contention that the alleged chemical weapons attack on the town of Douma earlier this month was an "artificial pretext" for the missile strikes by the U.S., Britain and France.

The meeting included Iranian and Turkish foreign ministers Javad Zarif and Mevlut

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