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Lavrov: West battling terrorism with words

28 October 2016 14:16 (UTC +04:00)

Baku – APA. When the West is battling terrorism with words, Russia is full of determination to carry the matter through to the end with deeds, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a joint press conference with his Iranian and Syrian counterparts, Javad Zarif and Walid Muallem in Moscow,

Lavrov noted that Western data accusing Moscow and Damascus of striking a school in Syria’s Idlib are fabricated.

"The Russian Defense Ministry published facts, which refute these accusations and show that the information is fabricated," Lavrov said.

He said that neither Russian, nor Syrian warplanes have been conducting operations in Syria's Aleppo for ten days. Lavrov said that Russia hoped that the humanitarian pause in Aleppo would be used by the United States to separate terrorists from Syrian rebels.

Moscow does not expect that the US will implement its obligation and finally separate terrorists and Syrian rebels, he added.

Lavrov said the Western countries’ counter-terrorism is in name only. “We are always putting forward facts in such cases. However, our western counterparts are uttering only claims. Our western counterparts are engaged in counter-terrorism just in words, but we are trying to achieve it in practice,” he added.

The minister stressed Moscow, unlike its Western counterparts, is set to carry the fight against terrorists through to the end.

"Terrorists must be smashed," Lavrov said. "When our Western partners are battling terrorism with words, we are full of determination to carry the matter through to the end with deeds."