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Lavrov to Kerry: must create conditions for direct Israeli-Palestinian
Lavrov warns Kerry against bringing US’ domestic agenda to UN SC
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stressed the necessity of
creating conditions for direct talks between the leaders of Israel and
Palestine
December 27, 21:26 UTC+3
http://tass.com/politics/922874
MOSCOW, December 27. /TASS/. Attempts to use the Middle East Quartet and the
United Nations Security Council is bickering between the Democrats and the
Republicans are harmful, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a
telephone conversation with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday.
“The two top diplomats exchanged views on the situation in the
Palestinian-Israeli settlement and around it. Lavrov stressed the necessity
of creating conditions for direct talks between the leaders of Israel and
Palestine and warned against bringing US’ domestic agenda into the work of
the Middle East Quartet and the United Nations Security Council. He stressed
that attempts to use these formats in bickering between the Democrats and
Republicans are harmful,” the Russian foreign ministry said.
Lavrov also told Kerry that the Barack Obama administration’s attempts to
further wreck Russia-U.S. cooperation were unacceptable.
“Touching on bilateral relations, the Russian minister once again stressed
the inadmissibility of the Barack Obama administration’s course to further
undermine the basics of normal cooperation between Russia and the United
States,” the ministry said.
Lavrov also said that if Washington eased restrictions on supplying portable
air defense systems to the Syrian armed opposition groups, tensions could
increase.
“The parties discussed the ways to settle the Syrian crisis in the light of
the agreements reached at the recent trilateral meeting between the Russian,
Turkish and Iranian foreign ministers, aimed at ensuring ceasefire across
Syria and stepping up the war on terror,” the statement reads. “Lavrov
pointed out that if Washington eased restrictions on arming Syrian rebels,
so that portable air defense systems could be provided to them, tensions may
increase as well as the death toll.”
Source: http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=71950
