New York: Russian Foreign
Minister Sergey Lavrov and his counterparts in the BRICS countries stressed the
need for a peaceful solution to the crisis in Syria, state news agency SANA reported.
According to media reports that the Ministers on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly's meeting
on Thursday expressed, their concerns about the escalation of violence and the
deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Syria, stressing that settling
the situation should exclude the foreign intervention or the imposition of any
stance of whatever side.
The participants
pointed out to the importance of boosting the UN presence in Syria, as they
expressed support to the UN envoy's mission, Lakhdar Brahimi.