MOSCOW, November 9. /TASS/. Patriarch Moran Mor Ignatius Aphrem II of Antioch and All the East has called on the United States and other world powers to stop financing terrorist organizations forcing Syrians to flee the armed conflict and move to Europe.
"We ask the United States and other nations to stop financing terrorist and extremist groups. Consolidated effort is needed to bring the situation back to normal. We urge all parties to make efforts for a peaceful resolution of the crisis," the patriarch told a news conference in Moscow on Monday, the first day of his visit to the Russian capital, which will last until November 13.