MOSCOW. – Russia stands for an end to violence against Syria and calls upon a political dialogue, Russian FM Sergei Lavrov said at the meeting with the FMs of the League of Arab States. 

According to Lavrov, all the states in the Middle East and the North Africa are Russia’s friends and developments in these states influence the international stability and security. Russia does not support either of the sides.

It is necessary that international community should be engaged in a dialogue with the Syrian authorities and the opposition. The Western states should not support one of the sides, but they should call them for the dialogue.

Besides, mechanism of monitoring may play a very important role in stabilizing the situation, BFM.ru reports.