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Russian diplomat says Western anti-Syrian sanctions infringe on its sovereignty

“It goes without saying that in such a situation [arms supplies to the opposition] it is more difficult to maintain dialogue, to seek national reconciliation”

MOSCOW, January 26 (Itar-Tass) —— The West-backed sanctions against Syria are inadmissible infringement on its sovereignty, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday.

“It goes without saying that in such a situation [arms supplies to the opposition] it is more difficult to maintain dialogue, to seek national reconciliation,” he told the Ekho Moskvy radio station. “We consider possible sanctions against Syria, in a format proposed by our Western partners, as an unjustified infringement upon Syria’s sovereignty.”