Russia FM says US can do more to rebuild Syria

2 August 2018, 5:51 pm

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and the West could do more to help rebuild warn-torn Syria to improve the lives of refugees there.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a summit in Singapore, Lavrov says the US and the EU are only willing to provide “basic humanitarian aid” in Syria, the state news agency reports.

But Lavrov laments that the US is “is very cautious about reconstructing infrastructure facilities” in Syria. Such an effort is necessary to encourage people to resettle the areas, he says.

Lavrov adds that such an approach “will only punish people” living in government-controlled areas and those wanting to return to their homes.

— AP