MOSCOW: Russia has told the United States that it would witness extremely dangerous consequences if a military action is launched against the Syrian regime, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told US Secretary of State John Kerry during a telephone conversation on Sunday that Moscow was “deeply alarmed” by comments from US officials indicating a readiness to intervene in Syria in the wake of accusations the regime had used chemical weapons, the ministry said.
“Sergei Lavrov drew attention to the extremely dangerous consequences of a possible new military intervention for the whole Middle East and North Africa region,” it further said.
The minister said that the Russian minister urged his US counterpart “to refrain from using military pressure against Damascus and not to give into provocations.”
Kerry promised to “attentively” study the arguments of the Russian side, the ministry added.
