Baladi News
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that all All foreign forces staying in Syria without an invitation from Damascus must leave the country.
This comes in the comments he made on a statement by US National Security Adviser John Bolton, according to TASS news agency.
"All foreign forces staying there without an invitation from the Syrian government must be eventually withdrawn," Lavrov told reporters.
Bolton, who will meet with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev in Geneva today, August 23, said he was ready to discuss with Moscow aspects of the Syrian settlement but on condition the Iranian forces would be sent back to Iran.
Previously, Reuters news agency reported that Bolton said: "Russia is “stuck” in Syria and looking for others to fund its post-war reconstruction."