During a meeting with Assad, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov blamed regional hostilities on Israel, “whose statements disturb the Arab world.” Lavrov’s pun is unmistakable: in Russian, ‘peace’ and ‘world’ is the same word, thus Israel disturbs peaceful Arabs.
Lavrov also met Hamas leader Mashaal and assured him of his future cooperation.
During Lavrov’s visit, Syrian media disproved the report that Russia halted MiG-31E sales to Syria.
