He noted that the number of Russian military "on the ground" in Syria is determined by the specific tasks that the grouping of Russian troops solves there.

“It is clear that there are practically no more military tasks left.

There remain the tasks of ensuring stability and security.

Well, from the military tasks that the Syrian army directly solves with our support, this is Idlib, where the terrorist threat has not disappeared anywhere, it has survived, ”Lavrov said.

According to him, the Turkish side declares that it is trying to fulfill the agreements reached by the presidents of Russia and Turkey several years ago.

“Things, as we all see, are going tight.

Therefore, this task remains on the agenda.

But recently, thanks to the measures taken both by our contingent and the Syrian armed forces, we have not observed provocations from inside Idlib on the positions of the Syrian army and on our bases in Syria, ”Lavrov said.

In March, UN Secretary General António Guterres said that the world community needs to do everything possible to achieve a settlement in Syria.