by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated last Friday that the crisis in Syria was impossible to settle if the international community ignored the positions of Russia and China.
Russia obviously feels frustrated that the “international community” is bent on discrediting the United Nations observer mission in Syria and keeps undermining Moscow’s efforts to bring about an “all-inclusive” Syrian dialogue.
However, the striking thing was that Lavrov also spoke up in a media interview on behalf of Beijing. His warm words coincided with the visit by China’s Vice Premier Li Keqiang to Moscow. And Li lost no time endorsing what Lavrov said, expanding on it to say, “The [Chinese and Russian] sides hold 100% coinciding positions on the issues of North Korea and Syria.”
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