Russia will set the bombing of residential areas in Syria’s capital Damascus, as well as other cities, as one of the criteria for the terrorist group list, according to Lavrov.
"Clarity is needed here, so, as [US Secretary of State] John [Kerry] said, we have agreed to work out criteria so that in the future other obvious terrorist groups could be added to ISIS [ISIL] and Jabhat al-Nusra," Lavrov said.
The Russian Foreign Minister warned, however, against letting the issue of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s political fate influence the fight against terrorism in Syria.
"We often hear the argument that without addressing the issue of Assad, it is impossible to launch true coordination in the fight against terrorism. This is a dangerous logic, a dangerous approach," Lavrov said.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said after the adoption of the resolution that peace and unity are impossible in Syria while Bashar Assad is in power. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius shared Hammond’s stance, saying that there must be "guarantees" of Assad leaving.
"In what concerns Assad’s fate…We cannot in principle agree with any approaches that stipulate external imposition of a decision on the people regarding who they want to see as their leader," Lavrov said.
On Friday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution outlining a peace process for Syria following talks between 18 ministers of the International Syria Support Group.
