"Rumours are already being spread that we are discussing Assad’s future resignation," the Russian minister stressed.
Lavrov noted that Russia’s partners were too much preoccupied with "the personality of the Syrian president."
"But we confirmed our stance. If we seek a regime change and get particularly fixed on the figure of a concrete political leader, we already had that in Iraq and Libya. We know what the end was. Regretfully, the whole thing has not ended yet because those countries are still in deep crisis," Lavrov explained.
"Therefore, our stance is brought down to a very simple formula. It is the Syrian people who should decide on the future of Syria, its president and other politicians but not on the battlefield or by staging uprisings and coups but through a political dialogue," the Russian foreign minister stressed.
Earlier on Friday, Lavrov briefed his colleagues from the United States, Saudi Arabia and Turkey on President Assad’s visit to Moscow.
"We told them about Putin’s meeting with al-Assad in Moscow this week and briefed them on some issues on which the two leaders had had a substantiated discussion such as anti-terror struggle and the need to start a pan-national and a pan-Syrian dialogue on political reforms," Lavrov said.
A two-hour meeting of Russian, US, Saudi Arabian and Turkish foreign ministers Sergey Lavrov, John Kerry, Adel Al-Jubeir and Feridun Sinirlioglu on Syria crisis concluded in Vienna on Friday.
- According to Lavrov, the meeting was uneasy but useful, and the participants agreed to support launching a negotiating process in Syria.
"We have common goals, and we reiterated them today. And there are no doubts [that such goals are] to stop the war, to fight more efficiently with terrorists who are threatening to seize this country and to take more vigorous efforts to promote political process on the basis of the principles agreed in the Geneva communique of June 30, 2012," he said.
"We all want the crisis to be settled on the basis of restoring Syria as a territorially integral, sovereign and independent state, a secular state where the rights of all religious and ethnic groups are ensured," Lavrov stressed...............http://tass.ru/en/world/831427
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US Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday he hoped to reconvene another meeting on Syria as early as October 30, after talks with his Russian, Turkish and Saudi Arabian counterparts...
ReplyDelete"What we agreed to do today is to consult with all parties and aim to reconvene, hopefully as early as next Friday with a broader meeting in order to explore whether there is sufficient common ground to advance a meaningful political process," he told journalists in Vienna.
Kerry had met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Turkish and Saudi Arabian counterparts to discuss ways of ending the Syrian war, which claimed more than 250,000 lives in four-and-a-half years.
Ahead of the gathering, Lavrov met with his Jordanian counterpart and announced that Russia and Jordan had agreed to "coordinate" military operations in Jordan.
Moscow has thrust itself into the heart of the conflict with its bombing campaign in support of President Bashar al-Assad, while the United States, Turkey and Saudi Arabia back rebel groups fighting Damascus.
Lavrov also called for the inclusion of key regional players like Egypt and Iran in diplomatic efforts.
"This quartet is clearly not enough," he said.
But Kerry rejected the suggestion of involving Iran...............http://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/89975-151023-putin-s-approval-rating-at-all-time-high-with-syria-strikes
23/10/15
The United States, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Turkey put forward new ideas Friday to revive a failed push for a political transition in Syria that could end the country’s civil war, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday...
ReplyDeleteBut they remained deeply divided over the future of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The top diplomats from the four countries agreed to meet again in an expanded format with representatives from other nations next week, but the only concrete result of this week’s talks appeared to be an agreement between Jordan and Russia to coordinate military operations in Syria. Kerry said there was no decision on whether to invite Iran, a major patron of Syria.
Kerry said that he, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir and Turkish Foreign Minister Feridun Sinirlioglu went over proposals to restart moribund talks on how to create a transitional government for Syria. Kerry gave no details.
“I am convinced, having been part of this process since the day I became secretary that today’s meeting was constructive and productive and succeeded in surfacing some ideas, which I am not going to share today, but which I hope have a possibility of changing the dynamic,” Kerry told reporters after the meeting.
Lavrov said he has invited the U.S., Saudi Arabia and Turkey to join the coordination center that Russia and Jordan agreed earlier Friday that they would set up to integrate their air campaigns over Syria. Jordan is a member of the U.S.-led coalition that is bombing Islamic State facilities in Iraq and Syria. The coalition has so far refused to cooperate with Russia’s operations beyond a basic agreement intended to prevent mid-air incidents. Mohammad al-Momani, Jordanian government spokesman said the agreement did not mean that Jordan was leaving the coalition.
Kerry, traveling to Jordan later Friday for talks with King Abdullah II and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, said the new ideas “are in keeping with all of the principles that have been laid down and with sensitivities of the nations and the parties, the opposition, all those involved in this effort.”
A leading Syrian opposition group, the Syrian National Council, was unconvinced.
“We will not accept the presence of Assad for one day in the transitional period,” said Anas al-Abdah, a member of the coalition, said in a statement emailed to AP..................http://www.france24.com/en/20151023-syria-talks-vienna-kerry-turkey-usa-saudi-russia
Entente sur le départ d'Assad: Lavrov dénonce une pure invention ...
ReplyDeleteLes rumeurs sur un arrangement entre les parties sur le départ du président syrien Bachar el-Assad se sont mises à circuler même avant la rencontre quadripartite de Vienne, signale le ministre russe des Affaires étrangères.
Les allégations sur l'enregistrement à Vienne de certains arrangements sur le départ de Bachar el-Assad du poste de président syrien sont parfaitement mensongères, a déclaré le chef de la diplomatie russe Sergueï Lavrov devant les journalistes dans la capitale autrichienne.
"Il est évident qu'il y aura des inventions montées de toute pièce (dans les médias sur les résultats des négociations, ndlr). Des inventions ont déjà circulé avant même la tenue de cette rencontre. J'ai notamment entendu que des rumeurs courent sur des tractations en cours ou futures sur le départ du président Assad dans un certain temps. Il n'en est rien", a indiqué le ministre à l'issue de négociations avec ses homologues saoudien, turc et américain.
Et d'ajouter que la position de Moscou sur cette question était explicite.
"Elle a été exposée par le président (…) C'est le peuple syrien lui-même qui doit décider du sort de la Syrie, du sort du président syrien, du sort d'autres personnalités", a souligné M.Lavrov...........http://sptnkne.ws/WYH
El Departamento de Estado de EEUU está dispuesto a apoyar contactos entre Rusia y la oposición siria para conseguir el arreglo de la crisis que el país árabe vive desde 2011...
ReplyDelete"Si Rusia pretende desempeñar un papel constructivo y dirigirse a la oposición moderada en vez de atacar sus posiciones desde el aire, lo saludaremos", dijo el portavoz del ente, Mark Toner.
También comentó que las consultas sobre Siria, celebradas este viernes en Viena, han demostrado que las partes mantienen posturas similares en muchos aspectos.
"Hay entendimiento en que todos queremos una Siria íntegra y laica, queremos ver avances en el proceso político", apuntó.
En cuanto a las diferencias, mencionó el destino del presidente sirio, Bashar Asad.
El canciller ruso, Serguéi Lavrov, señaló con anterioridad que la posición rusa al respecto respondía a una fórmula muy simple: el destino de Siria, el destino del presidente de Siria y el destino de cualquier otra personalidad, debía ser decidido por el propio pueblo sirio..........http://sptnkne.ws/WYE