Lavrov insists that Russia takes utmost precautions in carrying out strikes in Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has insisted that in carrying out strikes in Syria Russia has been taking utmost precautions to prevent or at least minimize harm to the civilian population.


"I believe that in principle it is immoral and counter-productive to try to use this or that humanitarian tragedy for scoring geopolitical points," Lavrov said.

"We’ve been able to see this happen in relation to processes afoot in the Middle East and in North Africa, in Syria or Iraq. Double standards are quite obvious here."

"As for the so-called ‘collateral damage’ - a term the United States invented to excuse civilian casualties that occur in the process of military campaigns, we have invariably stated, and our Defense Ministry did so, too, that in carrying out strikes the necessary precautions are always taken to minimize (ideally to prevent) harm to civilian facilities, let alone civilian population," Lavrov said.
[tass.com]
10/11/16
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