The UN’s Syria envoy has called on Russia to let the UN take charge of humanitarian corridors to allow civilians to flee from the besieged city.
"Our suggestion is to Russia to actually leave the corridors being established at their initiative to us," said UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura.
"How can you expect people to want to walk through a corridor, thousands of them, while there is shelling, bombing, fighting."
"The clock is ticking for the Aleppo population," said de Mistura, who estimated that essential supplies including food in the east were likely to run out within three weeks.
France, meanwhile, said corridors out of the city were not "a credible response to the situation" and residents should be able to receive aid at home.
Washington also reacted sharply, with US Secretary of State John Kerry declaring that if Russia’s humanitarian operation for Aleppo is a ruse, it carries the risk of "completely breaking apart the ... cooperation” between his country and Moscow.
“On the other hand, if we’re able to work it out today and have a complete understanding of what is happening and then agreement on (the) way forward, it could actually open up some possibilities,” he was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Kerry said that he had been on the phone with Moscow twice in the past 24 hours...
[AFP/france24.com]
29/7/16
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"Our suggestion is to Russia to actually leave the corridors being established at their initiative to us," said UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura.
"How can you expect people to want to walk through a corridor, thousands of them, while there is shelling, bombing, fighting."
"The clock is ticking for the Aleppo population," said de Mistura, who estimated that essential supplies including food in the east were likely to run out within three weeks.
France, meanwhile, said corridors out of the city were not "a credible response to the situation" and residents should be able to receive aid at home.
Washington also reacted sharply, with US Secretary of State John Kerry declaring that if Russia’s humanitarian operation for Aleppo is a ruse, it carries the risk of "completely breaking apart the ... cooperation” between his country and Moscow.
“On the other hand, if we’re able to work it out today and have a complete understanding of what is happening and then agreement on (the) way forward, it could actually open up some possibilities,” he was quoted by Reuters as saying.
Kerry said that he had been on the phone with Moscow twice in the past 24 hours...
[AFP/france24.com]
29/7/16
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