Russia does its utmost to prevent any major international confrontation in Syria, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vassily Nebenzya told reporters on Wednesday after the Security Council’s session on Syria.

Axar.az reports citing TASS.

"We are doing everything to prevent any major international confrontation in Syria. We are working on that hard and what we are doing in the context of the political process is a part of it," Nebenzya said commenting on a chance the Syrian war might transform into a major international conflict.