MOSCOW. Nov 29 (Interfax) - The language of ultimatums must be given up in dealings with Syria, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"Most importantly, ultimatums must be given up and efforts should be made to put the situation on a political track," Lavrov said at a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday.
"All nations, including those that want actions started against Syria, demonstrated a totally different approach to Yemen, when talks on a peace plan proposed by the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf lasted for months," he said.
"Finally, by demonstrating patience and insistence, and by exerting equal influence on all parties in the process, the world community got the plan signed, which gave us a real chance to restore stability in Yemen," the Russian foreign minister said.
"The Syrian problem requires the same approach, since ultimatums, which some states try to use, including members of the Arab League, cannot resolve this problem," he said.
"We hope our friends in the Arab League, with which we are broadening strategic partnership, will show maximum responsibility for what is going on in the region, and that they would be guided by the interests of their people and the interests of stability, security and cooperation, and that they will, of course, observe the same rules the Arab League worked out, while making relevant decisions," Lavrov said.