The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the terrorist attack in Damascus

The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the attack in Damascus, reports RBC. According to the official representative of the department Alexander Lukashevich, the dead were well known in Russia. Lukashevich expressed deep condolences to the Syrian people and the government, relatives and friends of all those killed as a result of the attack, wishing the speedy healing to the wounded.

On the eve of the suicide bomb blew up a bomb in the Syrian National Security Building Service. The deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers, Minister of Defense of Syria Daud Rajha, his deputy is a close relative of the country's president Asap Shaukat, former Minister of Defense Hassan Turkmani. The dead "made a significant contribution to the development of Russian -Syrian relations,” Lukashevich emphasized.

He added that in Moscow they strongly condemn terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. “We expect that the organizers of the attack in Damascus will be identified and bear a well -deserved punishment. We see the next attempt to further destabilize the situation in Syria. The authorities and people of this country, all its true patriots in the face of severe trials will show the necessary political will and the desire for the speedy peaceful resolution of the internal crisis,” said the representative Foreign Ministry.

The attack in Damascus was also condemned by UN Secretary General Pan Hi Moon, RIA Novosti reports. "Acts of violence committed by one or another side (conflict. - Ed.) Are unacceptable, they are a violation of the plan of the peaceful settlement of the UN specialist and the Lag for Syria by Cofi Annan," the statement said Pan Guna.

In Syria for more than a year, anti -government protests have not stopped, which grew into the armed struggle of the opposition with the formations of the country's power structures. Messages about new armed incidents and victims are received regularly, despite the fact that from mid -April, in accordance with the plan of the UN specialist Cofi Annan, a ceasefire has been announced in the country, which observes the UN observers to follow. According to the UN, the number of victims of the conflict in Syria exceeded 12 thousand people, about 230 thousand became refugees.