In a press conference held in Baku Tuesday with his Azerbaijani counterpart Elmar Mammadyarov, Lavrov said that "we are worried over UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan De Mistura's lingering to fulfill his commitments on holding a new round of talks in Geneva and over the statements he gives on the necessity for Russia and the USA to reach an agreement for managing issues related to a political settlement in Syria."
Lavrov clarified that De Mistura is hinting in his statements that the United Nations and its Secretariat will not hold a new round of talks of the Syrian consultations unless such an agreement is reached, stressing that Moscow seeks adherence to the system of cessation of hostilities in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions which do not include the terrorist organizations of ISIL, Jabhat al-Nusra and others.
The Russian Foreign Minister hoped that dialogue with Ankara on settling the crisis in Syria will be franker, adding that normalizing relations between Moscow and Ankara would positively affect the general situation in the Middle East.
He asserted that Russia will work on reaching agreements on applying the UNSC resolutions and the international community to support Syria.
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