Putin: agreements reached between Russia and Turkey would stabilize the situation in Syria’s Idlib province
By Victoria
Hudson.
According
to ‘Reuters’ the Russian President Vladimir Putin told Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad in a phone call on Friday that agreements reached between Russia and
Turkey at recent talks would stabilize the situation in Syria’s Idlib province.
A statement released yesterday by the Kremlin reaffirms that “Bashar al-Assad
rated the outcome of the talks between the leaders of Russia and Turkey highly
and expressed his gratitude to Russia’s president for supporting the fight
against terrorist groups”. During a visit of Turkish president, Recep Tayyip
Erdogan in Moscow, Turkey and Russia agreed a ceasefire deal in Idlib, aiming
to contain a conflict which has displaced nearly a million people in the last
three months.
Erdogan and
Putin said they reached agreements on a cease-fire to take effect at midnight
Thursday in north-western Syria, where escalating fighting had threatened to
put forces from the two countries into a direct military conflict. The two
leaders also said the deal envisions setting up a security corridor along a
strategic highway in Idlib province. Putin voiced hope the deal will serve as a
“good basis for ending the fighting in the Idlib de-escalation zone, put an end
to suffering of civilian population and contain a growing humanitarian crisis.”
Both had underlined the need to reach agreement at the start of the Kremlin
talks, which lasted more than six hours. One goal had been to prevent damage to
their bilateral relations and blossoming Russia-Turkey trade.
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