DHAKA: Russia and Syria urged the United States on Monday to focus on efforts to convene a peace conference and not on military action.

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday after talks with Syria’s foreign minister, reports The Jerusalem Post.

Lavrov said a US military strike on Syria could lead to the spread of terrorism, and Syrian foreign minister Walid al-Moualem accused president Barack Obama of backing terrorists, drawing comparisons with the attacks on the United States on September 11in 2001.

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