Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said steps taken by the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad are “not enough” to resolve the conflict raging in the Middle Eastern country, RIA Novosti reported.

Lavrov is meeting a Syrian delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil, who oversees the country’s economic affairs, in Moscow today.

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