
Foreign Ministers of Russia, Turkey and Iran Sergey Lavrov, Mevlut Chavushoglu and Javad Zarif agreed on a joint statement on the political process in Syria. The head of the Russian diplomatic mission announced this at a press conference following a trilateral meeting, the press service of the Foreign Ministry reports .
“I consider the most effective the format that you observe today. This is not an attempt to throw a shadow on the efforts of our other partners to achieve progress in resolving the Syrian crisis. This is just a statement of fact,” Lavrov said.
"We are satisfied with the result achieved. We have a conviction that in conditions when it is slipping by the UN Security Council’s resolutions, the initiative actions of our three countries will help to overcome stagnation in efforts on Syrian settlement on the basis of the UN Security Council and promote processes regarding the cessation of violence, the delivery of humanitarian aid and create conditions for inclusive, effective political political The process, ”the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized. .
On the eve of the meeting of ministers in Ankara , Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov was killed . However, Ankara and Moscow said that the negotiations of ministers would not be canceled.
On Monday, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the settlement of the situation in the eastern regions of Aleppo . The document involves the control of international organizations during the evacuation of civilians from quarters, which are captured by the troops of the Syrian dictator Bashar al -Assad and the groups by them.
The resolution requires all sides of the conflict to provide observers with “safe, direct and unhindered access” to the areas where evacuation takes place.
The draft resolution was entered in the Council of Council of France. The Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vitaly Churkin categorically rejected the initial edition of the document. He stated that Moscow does not object to international monitoring, but rejects the placement "in the dangerous zone of the eastern aleppo of unprepared personnel."
However, during subsequent consultations, the project was agreed .
The US Permanent Representative in the International Organization of Samantha Power reported that the final edition of the document "contains all the key provisions that will allow organizing the UN monitoring" by involving more than 100 employees of the World Organization in Aleppo, as well as the staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Syrian Society of the Red Crescent.