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Question: Is Russia wedded to President Asad? Or could there be another leader of Syria who could help solve this crisis?

Sergey Lavrov: We have repeatedly stated that we are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned about any personality. We are not after removing or supporting anyone. We are concerned about keeping Syria one piece, territorially integral, sovereign, independent, secular, where the rights of all groups – ethnic, confessional and others – are fully respected. And that’s the goal which, I believe, the United States also has. The more we try to find common approaches to get there, the more efficient our cooperation will be.

Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs website, Moscow, in English 26 Sep 2013