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Lavrov Says Rejection of UNSC Resolution on Syria 'Unlikely'

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that it was "unlikely" that an attempt would be made to block the adoption of the UN Security Council's (UNSC) resolution on the Vienna agreements on the settlement of the Syrian conflict.

The U.N. Security Council meets at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015 - Sputnik International
UK Hopes for UNSC Resolution Adoption on Syria on December 18
MOSCOW (Sputnik) On Tuesday, Lavrov said that the meeting of the International Syria Support Group was expected to be held on December 18 in New York. He added that the meeting would focus on drafting a UNSC resolution affirming the agreements on Syrian political settlement reached during the two rounds of the Vienna talks.

"I think it [rejection] is unlikely, but an attempt by anyone to rewrite the Vienna agreements within the framework of the resolution of the UN Security Council, to downgrade their value and to weaken the role everyone agreed to see in the activities of International Syria Support Group, could hamper [the adoption of the resolution]," Lavrov said.

The minister added that the presence of all the UNSC permanent members in International Syria Support Group gave him hope that everyone would agree on the resolution.

At the first round of the Vienna talks, which took place on October 30, international mediators worked out a nine-point plan on ending the Syrian conflict, including a definition of national unity, the need to defeat extremist groups and to provide assistance to refugees.

On November 15, during the second round of talks, the mediators agreed to uphold the 2012 Geneva communique on finding a political solution to the crisis and set a six-month timeframe for Damascus to form an interim unity government, while stipulating that elections in Syria should be held within 18 months.

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