NOVO-OGARYOVO (Sputnik) — Merkel said earlier on Wednesday she believed imposing a "no-fly zone" over Syria would help speed up the process of finding a political settlement in the country.
"It was not a proposal by [German Chancellor Angela] Merkel, it was a Turkish initiative," Lavrov said commenting on a recent statement by Merkel on Syria no-fly zone.
The German chancellor has repeatedly stated that introducing a ban on airstrikes in Syria would help settle the ongoing civil war in the region, where the country’s government has been fighting multiple opposition factions and terrorist groups, including Daesh, since 2011.
