Thursday, September 29, 2016

Russia proposes 48-hour 'humanitarian pause' in Aleppo, rejects Washington-backed seven-day truce (Period enough for terrorist groups to replenish supplies)

A US threat to suspend talks on Syria over the bombardment of Aleppo's rebel-held areas constitutes "an emotional breakdown", according to a top Russian official, who says that Moscow will support a 48-hour "humanitarian pause" around the besieged city.



Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister, rejected on Thursday US calls for a seven-day truce as "unacceptable", but said a two-day ceasefire could allow desperately needed aid to reach the more than 250,000 civilians trapped in Aleppo.

The Syrian army announced last week an operation to retake the opposition-held east of Aleppo city following the collapse of a Russia-US orchestrated truce.

Al Jazeera's Rory Challands, reporting from Moscow, said the Kremlin "saw the seven-day ceasefire as a step that would allow the terrorists, as they call them, to stock up on supplies and rest".

"They [the Russians] say that the US is fixated on demands of a seven-day pause for reasons only they know," our correspondent said.

"It seems after the negotiations that brought about the collapsed ceasefire - there is a widening gulf between the Russians and the Americans."

Ryabkov's comments followed a warning by US Secretary of State John Kerry that Washington would end talks on the conflict, as well as a military pact that involves targeting the ISIL and Jabhat Fateh al-Sham groups unless Moscow halted the assault on Aleppo.
 [aljazeera.com]
29/9/16
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