Foreign Minister Lavrov talks about the US plot to divide Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

"I do not agree with you that Idlib is the last difficult area in Syria. There, east of the Euphrates, there are vast areas where absolutely unacceptable things are happening. The United States tries to use these areas, through its Syrian allies, especially the Kurds, to create a semi-state there. But on this territory, the United States is absolutely illegally trying to create a semi-state and doing everything to create normal living conditions for the people it protects," Lavrov said in response to questions from RT France, Pari Match and Figaro.

He noted that the Americans are creating a government there, replacing the legitimate Syrian government, actively pushing for refugees to return and resettle.

"This is despite the fact that in the areas under the control of the legitimate Syrian Government, the United States, France and other Western countries do not want to create conditions for the return of refugees until the West will say that a credible political process is being started. The question is, why should the eastern bank of the Euphrates, controlled by the United States and its local collaborators, not wait until such a credible political process begins?" - the Russian Foreign Minister said.

"I do not exclude that in this land, as a rule, the United States is trying to maintain the situation in such a hot state so that no one can calm down. In troubled waters, they easily catch the fish they want. That never leads to anything good," the Foreign Minister stressed.