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As the Libyan experience has shown, sadly, a military scenario is possible. We won’t allow any more such disingenuous interpretations. We will see to it that no resolution is open to interpretation like the one on Libya.

— Sergey Lavrov

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We think that additional steps, including the cancellation of the no-fly zone, should be taken.

We believe this would be a huge mistake and we hope that this would never happen.

If something goes wrong in Syria, many countries of the region will feel a negative impact. We can’t support isolation because of the lesson we drew from Libya.

In a number of Western countries, students learn at school that Jesus Christ was bisexual.

News conference following the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council, Milan, Italy (2018)

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