Russia remains committed to peaceful settlement in Syria; Foreign Minister Lavrov and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon discuss ways to settle the Syrian crisis; President Putin: S-300 systems have not been delivered to Syria till date;
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    • According to reports, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich has said that Russia remains committed to a peaceful settlement in Syria. This comes in the backdrop of Russia having blocked the British draft statement on events in Al-Qusayr in the U.N. Security Council.1

    In another development, According to reports, Foreign Minister Lavrov and UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon have discussed ways to settle the Syrian crisis over a telephonic conversation.2

    President Putin has said that the S-300 systems have not been delivered to Syria till date since Russia does not want to upset the balance of forces in the region.3

    Russian president’s special representative for the Middle East and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov has said that it is important for Iran to participate in the proposed Syria conference.4

    Russia’s federal security service FSB Alexander Bortnikov has said that close to 200 militants are involved in the fighting in Syria under the al-Qaeda flag.5

    In other developments, according to reports, Russian Foreign Ministry has said that the government has made the decision to contribute an additional 10 million U.S. dollars to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to help Jordan and Libya address the problems of Syrian refugees.6

    President Putin has said that Russia is ready to replace Austrian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights with approval from the United Nations and if the regional states show interest in the Russian proposal. This comes in the backdrop of Austria’s decision to withdraw peacekeepers from the Syrian-Israeli border wherein Syrian insurgents had seized a border checkpoint in Qunteira which Austria used to rotate and sustain its peacekeepers.7

    President Putin has called for establishing CSTO-NATO anti-drug cooperation.8

    Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia pursues only “peaceful and pragmatic” goals in the Euro-Arctic region and matters relating to the Arctic should be the domain of only Arctic powers.9

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