Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stressed his country's concern with the implementation of what was agreed on at the Geneva meeting on the immediate end of violence and starting a political process in which the Syrians themselves determine their destiny with the participation of the government and all groups of the opposition.

Meeting a Syrian opposition delegation in Moscow , today, Lavrov expressed hope for implementing what was agreed on at the Geneva meeting, pointing out that Russia is one of the few countries, if not the only one, that is effectively working with the Syrian government and the variious opposition sides for the implementation of the plan of the UN envoy to Syria Kofi Annan.