Russia, Iran and Turkey are in close contact over the conflict in Syria, Moscow stated Wednesday, after a shock offensive has actually seen Islamist-led rebels record the second-largest city of Aleppo.
The foreign ministers of the three guarantor nations Russia, Iran and Turkey remain in close contact with each other, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova informed press reporters on Wednesday.Moscow is an essential ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and is supporting his attempts to quash the disobedience with air strikes, while Ankara has actually historically supported some anti-government forces.Russia and Turkey brokered a 2016 ceasefire in between the different rebel groups and Syrian forces, with Iran joining as a guarantor state.
Zakharova stated Russia was actively working with international partners to guarantee the rapid stabilization of the situation in Syria.
In a telephone call on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the dispute needed a speedy end, and condemned terrorist aggression against the Syrian state.A senior official from the office of Iran's supreme leader was likewise in Moscow for talks on Wednesday, the Iranian Embassy stated in a statement.Russia, which revealed naval and air force drills in the eastern Mediterranean this week, has implicated Ukraine of backing the Syrian Islamist rebels.At the United Nations on Tuesday, Russias envoy Vassily Nebenzia said Ukraine had supported the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) with weapons and trainers, without presenting any proof.
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training HTS fighters for combat operations, including versus Russian soldiers in Syria, said Nebenzia.