Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he didn’t understand the international uproar over Moscow’s weapons cooperation with Damascus, asserting that such moves don’t violate international agreements.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he didn’t understand the international uproar over Moscow’s weapons cooperation with Damascus, asserting that such moves don’t violate international agreements.

"I do not understand why the media is trying to create a sensation out of this," Lavrov said during a joint press appearance in Sochi with visiting UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

"We have not hidden that we supply weapons to Syria under signed contracts, without violating any international agreements, or our own legislation."

Lavrov added that Russia only supplied defense weapons that could not alter the outcome of the 26-month conflict between Syrian government forces and the armed opposition.

"We are first and foremost supplying defense weapons related to air defence," Lavrov said in televised comments.

"This does not in any way alter the balance of forces in this region or give any advantage in the fight against the opposition," he stressed.