"They are trying to accuse Russia of participating in the Syrian conflict because in a way it would give the right to Western countries – United States and some leading countries of the EU – to intervene in Ukraine," Sanda Raskovic Ivic said.
High-ranking US officials have expressed concern with Russia’s military presence in Syria, which Moscow maintains is material support and training for Damascus to fight the Islamic State (ISIL) and other extremist groups.
Ahead of his participation in the 70th UN General Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview on US television that Moscow had no plans to take part in field operations in Syria or other states.
"So this false accusation is aimed to accuse Russia and to give a free way for the West to intervene further in the area of Ukraine," she stated.
Russia has been working to solve the ongoing civil war in Syria, as well as providing humanitarian aid to displaced people in the conflict-torn country and supplying military equipment to support the country's army in its fight against terrorist groups.
Moscow's relations with the West worsened amid a crisis in Ukraine’s southeast, an area engulfed in conflict since April 2014, when Kiev launched a military operation against local independence supporters. Western nations accuse Russia of fueling the conflict, while Moscow, a consistent supplier of humanitarian aid to the region, denies participating in the hostilities.
