On 2 June 2011, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: "It is not in the interests of anyone to send messages to the opposition in Syria or elsewhere that if you reject all reasonable offers we will come and help you as we did in Libya ...
2011年6月2日，外交部长谢尔盖·拉夫罗夫表示：“向叙利亚反对派传送这样的信息：如果你反对所有合理的要求，我们就会来帮助你，就像我们在利比亚做得那样。