"It is not the first time that the United States, with a wide variety of administrations, has set the task of changing the regimes that are not favorable to them above the general goals of eradicating terrorism and extremism," he said when answering RT's question.
Lavrov said that this was the case in Iraq, in Libya and so "trying to do in Syria."
"But, I would say more correctly, tried to do in Syria. This they did not work ... We consider such selfish, one-sided geopolitical games counterproductive. We advocate that all problems in this region and in other regions of the world are resolved collectively, "he added.
Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned the US against reckless steps in Syria.
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