RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slammed UN “inaction” yesterday, claiming Syria peace talks had been postponed to the end of February.

The way to the Geneva talks, originally set for February 8, was paved at ceasefire talks in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana this week, mediated by Russia and Iran, which support the Syrian government in the country’s civil war, and Turkey, which has funded and armed the Islamist insurgency.

“We’re convinced that the inactivity of our colleagues at the UN, who haven’t conducted a single round of talks since last April, is unacceptable,” Mr Lavrov said at a meeting with Syrian rebels in Moscow.