Moscow disappointed by Western countries’ position on Palmyra

Moscow is disappointed by a stance of the Western countries that have blocked a statement on Syria’s Palmyra at the UN Security Council drafted by the Russian side, TASS news agency quoted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying on Wednesday.

We are not so much surprised and disappointed by the position of Western colleagues as puzzled by their "true intentions" in regard to peaceful settlement in Syria, the diplomat said.

We thought that the delay of reaction from the Western capitals on Palmyra’s liberation was a coincidence. Now it is evident that this is part of "a systematic approach", Zakharova said.

The move shows that the Western states are neither interested in liberating Syria from terrorists nor assisting the peaceful settlement nor in cultural values, she added, stressing that "geopolitical interests are behind all this."

Source : MENA