RUSSIA (VOP TODAY NEWS) – A narrow group led by the US is hatching plans for the collapse of Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.

“We have more and more evidence that our Western partners, especially the United States, would like this Jabhat-an-Nusra, which now changes its name, but this does not change its essence, withdraw from the blow and save it in case of more and more frank plans to return to plan “B”, that is, try to change the regime in Damascus,” Lavrov said at a press conference following the talks with the Deputy Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister of Namibia Netumbo Nandi-Ndaytva.

“More and more information that we receive from various sources, that a narrow group formed by the Americans on Syrian issues, narrow, non-exclusive, nurtures plans for the collapse of the Syrian state,” the minister stressed.

“This is yet another confirmation of the incompetence of our Western partners, who in practical terms embark on a course that directly contradicts the resolutions of the UN Security Council, which, among other things, constantly confirm respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Syrian Arab Republic,” he concluded.

In connection with the situation in East Ghouta, he called on the Western partners to work honestly to resolve the situation, noting that the actions of the Russian Federation and the Syrian military in this region are completely legitimate.

“These steps of the Syrian leadership, with our support, are aimed at suppressing the Jabhat an Nusra, which is a terrorist organization and which, in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution, is not covered by the proposal to end the hostilities.” Against terrorists, during the whole of the resolution I mentioned, it is absolutely legitimate to conduct irreconcilable struggle,” the minister said.

“Our Western partners insist that the Syrian government unilaterally cease hostilities, and Russia to stop these military operations,” the minister said.