Russia Sees Plans for Syrian Peace Talks Dashed If U.S. Attacks
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U.S. military action against Syria would probably thwart plans for a resumption of talks in Geneva, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said as he discounted as unconvincing evidence of Syrian use of chemical weapons.
“If action announced by the U.S. president does take place after all, to our deepest regret, then regardless of what has been said about Geneva II, the prospects of this forum are being put off for a long time, if not forever,” Lavrov told reporters in Moscow today.