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Wed Feb 19, 2014, 08:21 PM Feb 2014

Russia’s Lavrov Warns Against Military Intervention in Syria

Source: RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, February 19 (RIA Novosti) – Attempts to label the Geneva-2 talks as a failure and to press for a military intervention in Syria are unacceptable, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday.

Growing efforts to depict the Geneva-2 talks as unsuccessful suggest that somebody is seeking a military solution to the Syrian crisis, Lavrov said after a meeting with his Kuwaiti counterpart, Sheikh Mohammad Al-Sabah.

“This is absolutely unacceptable,” he said.

Lavrov urged the warring sides in the Syrian conflict to continue direct dialogue within the Geneva-2 format.

Read more: http://en.ria.ru/world/20140219/187693438/Russias-Lavrov-Warns-Against-Military-Intervention-in-Syria.html

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