Foreign Ministry: Russia to bow out Friends of Syria Group meeting
Russia doesn’t think participation in a meeting of Friends of Syria Group in Tunisia is possible, “RIA Novosti” news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich as saying.
“Officially we were not informed who will take part in the conference or what the agenda will be. Most importantly, it is unclear what the actual goal of this initiative is," Lukashevich said.
He said that there is some information that several opposition groups have been invited to Tunisia but representatives of Syrian government have not. "Serious questions arise about the final document of the meeting. According to some information, a small group of countries, without knowledge of others, will be asked to simply stamp a document that is already in the process of being written," Lukashevich said.