Plan on resolving Syrian crisis approved by UN not US - Lavrov

SUKHUM, April19. /TASS/. A plan on resolving the Syrian crisis already exists but it was approved not in Washington but in New York as it is the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2254, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. When asked if any US plan concerning Syria had been discussed at his meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, Lavrov said that "for us, such plan already exists." "It was approved long ago, not by the United States but by the United Nations, as it the Security Council Resolution 2254," the Russian top diplomat added. "The resolution covers all aspects of the peaceful settlement based on the principle that only the Syrian people have the right to decide the future of their country. This is the framework for our activities." "We have recently seen attempts to stage provocations like the chemical weapons incident that took place in Idlib on April 4," the Russian foreign minister noted. "It led the US to launch a missile attack on a Syrian airbase violating international law. Right after that voices were heard demanding to abandon talks and take steps to topple the regime." Read more