Russia calls for increasing the number of foreign observers in Syria amid an ongoing standoff between the Syrian government and the opposition, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday, RIA Novosti reports.
“I would call for increasing rather than reducing the number of observers,” Lavrov said, commenting on the decision by some Arab countries to recall their representatives from the Arab League mission currently working in Syria.
Lavrov said this decision, made simultaneously with the decision to extend the mission’s work in Syria for another month, raised questions.
The minister also said Russia would like to get acquainted with a report prepared by the mission’s observers, arguing that apparently some of the report’s information was missing in a document, which Arab League foreign ministers are expected to submit to the UN Security Council early next week.
“Of course, we’ll hear their proposals but we would like to see the report itself,” Lavrov said.
