Russia Will Need UN Guarantee for New Aleppo Humanitarian Pauses
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The Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday it would need the UN mission in Syria to formally confirm its ability to deliver aid to eastern Aleppo before Moscow agreed to any new humanitarian pauses in fighting in the shattered Syrian city.
Moscow said that previous temporary ceasefires on the ground, called to allow aid deliveries and the evacuation of the wounded and civilians, have come to nothing because militants opened fire on anyone trying to come in or out.
The terrorists contest that and say it is the Syrian army and its allies who have sabotaged the humanitarian pauses.
"The Russian Defense Ministry will be ready to consider introducing new 'humanitarian pauses' at any time as soon as representatives of the UN mission in Syria officially confirm their readiness and possibility to deliver humanitarian aid to eastern Aleppo and to evacuate wounded and sick civilians," Major-General Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
The occasional humanitarian pauses on the ground are distinct from a unilateral moratorium on Russian air strikes on militant targets inside Aleppo, which remains in place for now.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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