Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the US sanctions against Syria and Iran harm Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said following a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that the US sanctions against Syria and Iran harm Moscow.

Meanwhile, the Russian FM said that his country would press the UN Security Council to endorse a Syria this month a peace accord that was brokered in Geneva between international powers.

"Unilateral US sanctions against Syria and Iran are increasingly becoming extra-territorial in nature and are touching upon the interests of Russian business.” Lavrov told reporters on the sidelines of the annual APEC summit that Russia is this year hosting in the port city of Vladivostok.
"In Syria we are not supporting any sanctions because sanctions will not bring about anything,” Lavrov said.

Russia will press the UN Security Council to this month endorse a Syria peace accord that was brokered in Geneva and has since split world powers, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday.

"There is a plan to hold a special meeting of the UN Security Council with the participation of ministers on the Syrian issue," Lavrov added.

"We stressed in a meeting with the US Secretary of State that Russia will push for the Security Council's approval of the Geneva communique."