Calls to stop operation in Aleppo look like attempt to shelter terrorists: Russian FM

London’s and Paris’ calls to stop the operation in Eastern Aleppo look like an attempt to shelter and spare terrorists they are ‘overseeing’ who are suffering defeat, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday.


"Growing calls from a number of Western capitals to stop the counter-terrorist operation in Eastern Aleppo seem to be a desperate attempt to shelter and save terrorists and extremists they are ‘overseeing,’ or those who stop at nothing to reach their ill goals, who are now suffering defeat," the ministry said.

 "It is they who continue to use civilians as a human shield, to shell and mine civil infrastructure, humanitarian corridors."

Hospital shelling

Russia has not heard from the West any statements condemning the shelling of a Russian hospital, this politicized approach should be abandoned, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.

"We hear no words of condemnation from Western capitals," the ministry said. "We urge our partners to reject a politicized approach and to finally join efforts to curb the terrorist threat in Syria and to seek political ways for the settlement of the Syrian crisis instead of a non-constructive fanning of emotions in media," it said.
[tass.com]
5/12/16
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