MOSCOW. Aug 9 (Interfax) - Moscow expects the Syrian opposition to stop armed resistance and start a dialog with the authorities.
"The international community also needs to influence the Syrian opposition, which should respond to the authorities' invitation to a dialog on the overdue reforms and distance itself from armed extremists and other radicals, who are seeking to provoke tensions aiming to replay the Libyan scenario," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.