“As for the fate of the militants who are there: if they are ready to dissociate themselves from the terrorists, as required by the Russian-Turkish memorandum of September 2018, then they must do this, but for now we see that the insurgents dominate (militants“ Jabhat an- Nusra "*. - RT ) in the form of the new structure" Hayat Tahrir al-Sham ", which is recognized by the UN Security Council and the main external players," Lavrov said after a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of South Sudan Avut Deng Achuil.
According to the Russian minister, he negotiated with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu, and the parties agreed that “clearer work will be put in place to implement the agreement to dissociate the armed opposition, which is patriotic ... from terrorists recognized as such by the UN Security Council ".
“These agreements need to be implemented,” the Foreign Minister said, emphasizing that “terrorists need to give up, because there can be no mercy for them.”
Earlier, Lavrov and Cavusoglu in a telephone conversation discussed the situation in Syria. The Russian side emphasized "the facts of violations by radicals who have settled in the Idlib zone" and "the need to separate opposition forces from terrorists."
* “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham” (“Jabhat Fath al-Sham”, “Front al-Nusra”, “Jabhat al-Nusra”) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation dated December 29, 2014.