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End of EU's Syria arms embargo harms peace prospects: Russia

AFP , Tuesday 28 May 2013

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister says that EU's lifting of arms embargo against Syrian rebels 'directly harms' Syria peace negotiation

Russia said on Tuesday that the European Union's decision to lift its embargo against arming Syrian rebels but not the regime will "directly harm" the prospects of holding a peace conference on the crisis.

"This directly harms the prospects of convening an international conference," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying by the ITAR-TASS news agency.

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