mr pushkov each of us about the purpose of your visit to syria. the main objective of my visit to syria is to see the situation firsthand as you know the russian state duma issued a statement on the situation in syria ten days ago speaking strongly against outside interference in syria's affairs and against the un and its security council siding with one of the parties in this civil conflict. we also believe that the syrian government should not be the only side of allies to lay down their weapons and that we armed groups opposing the government should do the same i think my task is to conduct negotiations with the representatives of the authorities and the opposition to get a clearer picture of the situation and to give a report to the chairmen and deputies of the state duma members as you know russians closely follow the situation in syria despite all the heated arguments in view of the upcoming presidential election united russia for the ruling party and the opposition spoke in unison on this matter of. i don't rule out the possibility that the