Lavrov stresses to set standards for international conference on Syria

Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov said that there should not be time restrictions on the international conference on Syria. Russia Today website quoted Lavrov as saying on Sunday that "Many of our partners say that few days or a week is enough, that is unfeasible." Lavrov stressed that there should be standards for the conference, adding that "It is not known if the Syrian opposition will participate in the conference without making preconditions. Moscow calls for holding the conference as soon as possible." Lavrov said that it is unlikely for the conference to succeed without the participation of Iran, adding that "If all sides admitted that Tehran have tangible influences on the events then it should be represented in the negotiations." "I have told the US Secretary of State and it seems that he approved on Tehran's participation but he said that some of the region's countries categorically oppose this matter," he said.