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Assad regime told to allow aid into Aleppo, Moscow says
Source: The Guardian
Assad regime told to allow aid into Aleppo, Moscow says
Kremlin demands that US press Syrian opposition groups
to abide by their side of ceasefire agreement
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Friday 16 September 2016 14.04 BST
Russia has given fresh assurances it has impressed on the Syrian government it must allow aid into rebel-held east Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria, but added it needed reassurances that the US was also putting pressure on Syrian opposition groups to abide by their side of the bargain.
The demands came as aid convoys remained stuck on the Syrian side of the Turkish border, unable to enter Syria’s second city where as many as 250,000 citizens are in dire need of help.
The lack of progress on aid, nearly a week after the ceasefire agreement was sealed between Russia and the US in Geneva, is placing pressure on the fragile ceasefire with more reports of clashes, some inside the ceasefire area. Government-held areas were shelled in the eastern Damascus neighbourhood of Qaboun, wounding three people, Syrian state media said.
The aid impasse came as Russia put pressure on the US to release the detailed text of the agreement reached last week, and urged the US to allow the agreement to form the basis of a UN security council resolution next week. The US says it is inadvisable to release the wording, but the French government is pressing for seeing the agreement, arguing it would be impossible for the UN security council to endorse an agreement without knowing its details.
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Kremlin demands that US press Syrian opposition groups
to abide by their side of ceasefire agreement
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Friday 16 September 2016 14.04 BST
Russia has given fresh assurances it has impressed on the Syrian government it must allow aid into rebel-held east Aleppo and elsewhere in Syria, but added it needed reassurances that the US was also putting pressure on Syrian opposition groups to abide by their side of the bargain.
The demands came as aid convoys remained stuck on the Syrian side of the Turkish border, unable to enter Syria’s second city where as many as 250,000 citizens are in dire need of help.
The lack of progress on aid, nearly a week after the ceasefire agreement was sealed between Russia and the US in Geneva, is placing pressure on the fragile ceasefire with more reports of clashes, some inside the ceasefire area. Government-held areas were shelled in the eastern Damascus neighbourhood of Qaboun, wounding three people, Syrian state media said.
The aid impasse came as Russia put pressure on the US to release the detailed text of the agreement reached last week, and urged the US to allow the agreement to form the basis of a UN security council resolution next week. The US says it is inadvisable to release the wording, but the French government is pressing for seeing the agreement, arguing it would be impossible for the UN security council to endorse an agreement without knowing its details.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/16/russia-says-its-told-assad-regime-to-allow-aid-into-aleppo
