UNITED NATIONS – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Jan.19 that the United States, despite denying setting up local forces in northern Syria, is trying to form “alternative bodies of authority” that contradict a commitment to Syrian territorial integrity.
Reuters: Russia’s Lavrov says US trying to form ‘alternative bodies of authority’ in Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gives his annual press conference in Moscow on Jan.15.