Sergey Lavrov met head of the Syrian opposition group

Russia’s foreign minister met with the head of the main Syrian opposition group in exile who arrived in Moscow on Tuesday after weeks of delays. Ria Novosti writes about this. 

Sergey Lavrov told Syrian National Coalition head Ahmad Jarba and other coalition members that Syrians should be allowed to search for a peaceful solution to the ongoing civil war without any outside pressure.

He also called for the full implementation of a 2012 Geneva communique that stipulates anti-terrorism efforts, a ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian aid and exchanging prisoners.

The sides also discussed the first round of reconciliation talks that ended in Geneva last week.

“Jarba reconfirmed the National Coalition’s participation in the forthcoming second round of international talks in Geneva due February 10,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.