France’s attempts to demand the ouster of Syrian President Bashar Assad as a condition for humanitarian aid to the country are paradoxical, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Thursday. She said, “an impression is created that this is already some sort of blackmail, that Paris has completely lost the ...
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov discussed on Tuesday with the UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura the ongoing Syrian-Syrian dialogue in Geneva. The Russian Permanent Mission to the United Nations headquarters in Geneva reported that Gatilov discussed with de Mistura the fifth round of Syrian talks in ...