Delivery of Russian S-300 system to Syria has begun – Lavrov

The delivery of a Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Syria has already begun, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday despite Israeli objections to the transfer.

This measure has been taken in order to ensure one “hundred percent safety of Russian servicemen in Syria,” he noted.

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When asked about the fate of Nusra front terrorists, Lavrov said Turkey has taken obligation to separate the opposition ready to engage in political process from Nusra front. Addressing the concerns that the terrorists might be moved to other points in the world, Lavrov said that terrorists must be either eliminated or prosecuted by court, he underscored.

“This [transfer to other areas] is all unacceptable and terrorists must be eliminated, or they must be punished and brought to justice. How to do this? This will have to be solved as the situation develops. No one claims that this agreement, which was reached in Sochi, put all things right, and will once and for all now be the road map to the final solution to this problem,” Lavrov told a press conference