France’s foreign minister said on Sunday that despite US-led coalition air strikes on the Syrian army, it was Syrian government forces that were principally behind violations of a fragile ceasefire brokered by the United States and Russia.
“We have to hold on to this accord and keep it alive at all costs so we need to get over the events of the last few hours,” Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters at a ceremony at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York.
“But while there were these incidents... we shouldn’t forget that what has harmed the American-Russian ceasefire is firstly the regime. It is always the regime of Bashar al-Assad.”
Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying the air strikes on the Syrian army, which killed dozens, threatened the implementation of the ceasefire plan and bordered on connivance with ISIS.
Denouncing “tactics” by some, Ayrault, who has been critical of the United States for not sharing details of the ceasefire deal with its allies, said everything needed to be done during the UN General Assembly this week to “recreate the conditions for the ceasefire” and especially ensure aid entered the besieged city of Aleppo...
[alarabiya.net by Reuters]
18/9/16
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“We have to hold on to this accord and keep it alive at all costs so we need to get over the events of the last few hours,” Jean-Marc Ayrault told reporters at a ceremony at the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in New York.
“But while there were these incidents... we shouldn’t forget that what has harmed the American-Russian ceasefire is firstly the regime. It is always the regime of Bashar al-Assad.”
Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying the air strikes on the Syrian army, which killed dozens, threatened the implementation of the ceasefire plan and bordered on connivance with ISIS.
Denouncing “tactics” by some, Ayrault, who has been critical of the United States for not sharing details of the ceasefire deal with its allies, said everything needed to be done during the UN General Assembly this week to “recreate the conditions for the ceasefire” and especially ensure aid entered the besieged city of Aleppo...
[alarabiya.net by Reuters]
18/9/16
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