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Authorities did not ask Syria's Assad to step down, did not offer him asylum

Russia did not ask Syria's Assad to step down, did not offer him asylum -Lavrov
Russia did not ask Syria's Assad to step down, did not offer him asylum -Lavrov
"In both cases, the answer is: 'No'," Lavrov told his annual news conference. "This is untrue... No one asked about political asylum, and no one offered anything of the kind."
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Moscow did not ask Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, nor did it offer him political asylum, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

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Lavrov also said Islamic State militants were building up influence in Afghanistan.

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