Russia is seeing more "realism" from the Syrian opposition, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, as Moscow pressed on with efforts to set up the peace talks on Syria.

Russia is seeing more "realism" from the Syrian opposition, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday, as Moscow pressed on with efforts to set up the peace talks on Syria.

Speaking in an interview to Moscow's Nezavisimaya Gazeta newspaper, Lavrov praised some steps by the opposition, but said that no "constructive platform" has yet been found to unite all those opposing factions.

"When all of the demands will go on the table from both sides, it will be possible to put together some compromise agreements based on mutual concessions," Lavrov was quoted as saying.

"However, we are not at that stage yet, since, although there are more and more signs of realism in the ranks of the opposition, no (opposition) delegation has yet been formed that would be representative and would represent the entire spectrum of Syrian society."

"We welcome efforts of the (National) Coalition to start dialogue with the internal opposition, including Kurdish organizations," Lavrov said, although he also criticized the coalition's attempts to "monopolize" the process of forming such a delegation.

"Potential Nuclear Deal Not Historic Mistake"

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed on Monday remarks by Israeli prime minister that a potential nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group would be a historic mistake, saying such comments are “far from reality.”

“First of all, this idea is far from reality because, like I said, in Geneva Iran was ready to go faster and farther than the steps that the E3+3 group called on it to take back in early 2013,” Lavrov said.

“Secondly, suspecting Russia, the United States, and other trial participants of unprofessionally approving documents, ignoring the risks to the nuclear non-proliferation regime posed by them means simply not respecting our intellectual capabilities and our firm political principles,” the Russian foreign minister stated.

Representatives from Iran and the P5+1 resume the next round of talks in Geneva on Wednesday.

Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu has said that any deal between the two sides would be a “historic mistake.”

Lavrov added that he agrees with US Secretary of State John Kerry that the sextet should not miss the existing opportunity to resolve the nuclear issue with Iran as steps that Iran is prepared to take are “very, very significant and increasingly comply with the world community’s demand.”

“We confirmed that, depending on the course of the work, we will be ready to organize a ministerial segment of this event as we did previously, and see whether we have common ground.”