Arab League Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby (L) listens to then UN-Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speak during a news conference at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, March 18, 2013. REUTERS

MOSCOW – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has commented on reports of Arab League and UN envoy on Syria Lakhdar Brahimi’s possible resignation, saying he cannot act differently in the current situation. The Arab League “refused any support for negotiations” between the sides of the Syrian conflict and called the government in Damascus “illegal,” Lavrov said, as cited by RIA Novosti. Simultaneously, the league has decided to supply rebels with more weapons, while Brahimi’s assignment was to organize talks, the minister added.