Medvedev spoke out against a ground operation in Syria – TASS

MOSCOW, 14 February. / TASS /. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev harshly condemned the intention of some countries to carry out a ground operation in Syria. This, says Medvedev, could lead to a full-fledged war

“We have to act in the way in which agreed with the Minister (Sergei) Lavrov (during a meeting of the International Syrian Support Group)”, -. Said the head of the Russian government in an interview of Euronews, an excerpt of which was broadcast on February 14

“no one is interested in a new war, and the ground operation – a complete long war.” – said Medvedev

He. He explained Russia’s position on Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. “Russia does not support the person of President Assad, she maintains friendly relations with the Syrian government, – said the head of the Russian government -. We believe that there is currently no single legitimate representative in Syria, in addition to Bashar al-Assad – like this to someone or not “.

Medvedev said that if the current” pull “the Syrian leader of this design, we get chaos. “We have already seen in other Arab countries,” – he said

The full interview of Dmitry Medvedev will be shown in the evening

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