Delivering a speech at Moscow State University on Monday, Lavrov criticized the West for its double-dealing on counterterrorism, saying that the crisis in Syria has reached neighboring Iraq, and the West is helping Iraq in counterterrorism while it is not doing the same thing in Syria.

He said that the most prominent among the repercussions of the “Arab Spring” has been the increased activity of terrorists, noting that the international agreements on Syria have been disregarded for more than two years.