The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, while speaking with the Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates last August warned Assad of using violence against his people and emphasized the priority of ending such purposeless malignity and man’s inhumanity to man.
Lavrov on behalf of his Government told Assad to put appropriate democratic machinery in place and carry out comprehensive political, social and economic reforms in Syria without delay.
Minister Lavrov drew attention to the appropriate remarks of President Dmitry Medvedev in his interview on August 4. There is a need to hold broad and constructive national dialogue for the most expeditious resolution of the situation by the Syrians themselves, without any outside interference, FM Lavrov noted.