MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. The US and Israeli actions in Syria are likely to result in the disintegration of the country and violate the principle of indivisible security, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated in an interview with domestic and foreign media outlets on Thursday.
"We should prevent the Syrian state from fragmenting that some would like to see," the Russian top diplomat noted.
Lavrov stressed the need to "address problems in eastern Syria, a significant part of which has been illegally occupied by the US, namely its most fertile lands with the main oil fields."
"Everything is extracted, exported, and the money goes to support the separatist structures that the US has created in eastern Syria. All of this must be taken into account," Lavrov stated.
Israel’s responsibility
"Israel should understand its responsibility for shared efforts and abandon any attempts to ensure its security at the expense of the security of others," the Russian foreign minister stressed. "This is a longstanding principle of indivisible security," he emphasized. "One cannot expect that destroying all military facilities of a neighbor will guarantee peace and stability indefinitely. This is called sowing a storm, which will surely return to those who created it," Lavrov said.