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Putin on Monday reiterated Moscow’s position – agreed by the ISSG – that Russian bombardment of the Islamic State and the Al Nusra extremist group will continue [PPIO]
“The King of Saudi Arabia welcomed the agreement and expressed his readiness to work together with Russia to implement them,” a Kremlin statement said.
Putin “discussed the situation in Syria, particularly the initiatives and proposals set out in the joint Russian-US statement on cessation of hostilities in Syria” with the four leaders in separate phone conversations on Wednesday.
Both Saudia Arabia and Israel are opposed to Syria’s Assad while Iran is against Western attempts to overthrow the Syrian government.
Moscow says that it agreed with Washington that the ‘ceasefire’ would begin at midnight on February 26.
In a televised address on Russian TV on Monday, Putin said the cessation of hostilities would “radically turn around the situation in Syria”.
“During our conversation, we approved joint statements of Russia and the US, as co-chairs of the [he 17-member International Syria Support Group] ISSG, on the cessation of hostilities in Syria. Adoption of the statement was preceded by intensive work by Russian and American experts,” Putin said.
Putin and Rouhani on Wednesday “noted the importance of continuing their joint efforts to resolve the Syrian crisis, including by continuing the resolute fight against ISIS, Jabhat al-Nusra and other groups on the UN Security Council’s list of terrorist organisations” the Kremlin said.
Assad also gave his support to the US-Russian statement on Syria.
“Mr al-Assad assessed the proposals contained in the statement as an important step towards political settlement and confirmed the Syrian government’s readiness to facilitate the ceasefire’s implementation,” said the Kremlin statement.
Putin on Monday reiterated Moscow’s position – agreed by the ISSG – that Russian bombardment of the Islamic State and the Al Nusra extremist group will continue.
TBP
