Putin Needs 'Phone Call' to End War in Syria UK's Hammond Says
Date
2/15/2016 9:18:54 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) It is Russian PresidentVladimir Putinwho can bring thecivil warinSyriato an end British Foreign SecretaryPhilip Hammondhas said.
It will depend on "whether the Russians are prepared to use their influence" to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the Independent quotes him as saying on The Andrew Marr Show.
"There's one man on this planet who can end thecivil warinSyriaby making a phone call and that's Mr Putin" Hammond has added.
He has warned of the harm Russian airstrikes inSyriahas been causing to the activities of the moderate opposition by pushing some opposition forces back from the positions they previously controlled.
TheUK's Foreign Secretary has welcomed theceasefireplan adopted during theMunich Security Conferenceearlier this week calling it "an important step towards relieving the killing and suffering inSyria" adding it should go hand it hand with a change of behaviour by the Syrian regima and its supporters.
Separately TASS news agency reports thatPutin and US President Barack Obama have discussed theSyriacrisis over the phone also touching the issue of Ukraine.
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