China on Friday called for respecting sovereignty and territorial integrity of Syria.

“We call on all parties concerned to respect Syria’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity, and to avoid additional complications to the situation,” Xinhua news agency quoted Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Wang Wenbin as saying to reporters .

The statements come in light of the US attack on the Syrian-Iraqi border area.

Russian Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the US attack, stressing that it is an “unacceptable violation of international law.

Source: SANA