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Russia against blaming one side for lack of progress in Syria talks

"It was a difficult dialogue," Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted in its statement

MOSCOW, February 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia urged the Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, Lakhdar Brahimi, not blame one side for the lack of progress in the Syria talks.

Commenting on the second round of the Geneva talks that ended on Saturday, February 15, the Russian Foreign Ministry said: “It was a difficult dialogue, given the serious difference in the approaches assumed by the Syrian authorities and opposition with regard to a political-diplomatic settlement in Syria and priorities in solving existing problems,” the ministry said on Monday, February 17.