He added that “Russia, since the beginning of the crisis, depended on the principle of not imposing solutions by force and reaching solutions through agreement among all Syrian sides which constitutes the basis for Geneva 1 communiqué.”

Lavrov said “we want to preserve Syria as a sovereign state and to maintain the safety of its territories to be a secular state which constitutes the basis of dialogue among the Syrian sides.

He called on the foreign sides to encourage the Syrians reach an accord based on the Geneva communique and the UN Security Council’s resolution No. 2118.

Lavrov reiterated the need for the participation of all spectrums of the Syrian people in the dialogue, among them the national opposition groups in Syria .