Russia has no secret agenda on Syria - Russian diplomat

SOCHI, October 25. /TASS/. Russia has no secret agenda on Syria and it remains to be committed to international agreements, Russian president’s envoy for the Middle East and African countries and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said on Tuesday. "We are strictly committed to the agreements that ere reached both within the International Syria Support Group and within the United Nations Security Council, starting from the Geneva communique," the Russian diplomat said at a meeting of the Valdai international discussion club. "We proceed from the legitimacy of the Syrian government and that country - no one has expelled it from the United Nations. That is why we answered a request from the Damascus legitimate government for support in anti-terrorist efforts. This is our role, when we speak about Syria." "Other countries are asking us if we join anti-terrorist efforts on their territories," Bogdanov noted. "We answer, ‘We have no official requests from you. As soon as we have them, our leaders will scrutinize them.’ This is what our participation in Syria was about, and it continues and is geared toward combating terrorism." "Russia has no secret agenda, we are committed to the resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council and within our international cooperation," he underscored. Read more