Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called arrogant statements of the United States about the need for the U.S. military presence in the Syrian Arab Republic for protection of oil fields. "It turns out, protect it from the Syrian Arab Republic," he said at a press conference on the results of the trilateral meeting with the foreign Ministers of Turkey and Iran and consultations with the special envoy of the UN Secretary General Geir Pedersen in Geneva. in addition, the Minister of foreign Affairs called the intention of the United States to exploit oil fields illegal and promised that Moscow will defend the position in contacts with Washington. "The US and coalition members are in the Syrian Arab Republic illegally, regardless of the position of the government of the Syrian Arab Republic ", - said the Head of Russian diplomacy. Lavrov said that after the statement of the United States on the withdrawal of all military power of Syria, they began to return "under the pretext of protection of oil fields from ISIS" *. according to his statement, an American expert community, a discussion in which, for example, cited the decisions of international courts in similar situations. "These decisions are that any illegal exploitation of natural resources of a sovereign country without its consent is illegal. We believe that, - noticed the head of the Ministry. *A terrorist organization banned in Russia. <span style="color:darkgray