The defense Ministry accused Turkey of reneging on commitments to Syria
The result of one and a half years of the Sochi agreements on the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey became a patchwork of fortified areas of militants from Turkish observation posts, said the official authorized the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov.
The result of one and a half years of the Sochi agreements on the Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey became a patchwork of fortified areas of militants from Turkish observation posts, said the official authorized the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov.
according to his statement, the situation in Iglinsky area of de-escalation, where the result of retaliatory actions of the Syrian army militant group "Hayat Tahrir Al-sham" * pushed back to a safe distance from Aleppo, was " another moment of truth."
He said that not only Western countries but also the UN in 2018 applauded the signing of the Sochi agreements on Idlib. Key agreement General called Turkey's obligations to the division and to oust rebels from the outer boundary of the zone of de-escalation to a depth of 15-20 kilometres and conclusion there heavy artillery weapons.
"instead, the result of the past almost 18 months of the contract was the replacement of the UN officially recognized terrorist groups," Hayat Tahrir Al-sham ", * "Islamic party of Turkestan, and Horace ad-DIN" * all the terrorists "moderate opposition" to the North, to the Turkish border, " - said Konashenkov.
according to his statement, " attacks and massive artillery shelling of the neighboring civilian settlements and a Russian airbase Hamim from sporadic become a daily ".
in addition, Konashenkov revealed that Turkey is in violation of international law were transferred to Idlib their units, and in the West nobody notices.
According to major-General, for the duration of the Sochi agreements between Russia and Turkey on the establishment of the territory of de-escalation of Idlib all the official requests of the capital of Russia in the UN and Western countries were left without response. Also, since the beginning of February, the Damascus subjected to accusations from the West in as-if " war crimes ", "humanitarian catastrophe" and "the millions of immigration flows" in Idlib, said Konashenkov.
He added that public danger is to eliminate all units of Syrian government forces and return the M5 motorway under the supervision of the militants in the U.S. and Europe called " the legitimate right of Ankara on defense."
"in the context of total cynicism and false concerns of the West about the humanitarian situation in the area of de-escalation of Idlib, the only Russian Center for reconciliation of the warring parties and the legitimate Syrian government every day takes to the liberated areas all the necessary assistance to local residents," - said Konashenkov.
The Syrians did not even suspect about the existence of their "many of the pseudo-defenders in the European Union and the United States and as if it were sent to them in recent years, the abundant humanitarian assistance," He added.
Terrorists "Hayat Tahrir al-sham" * February 27 launched a large-scale offensive against the Syrian army. Existing military units returned fire. According to the Russian Ministry of defense, bombardment and among them the Turkish military, which can't was to be there.
in the end, lost his life 36 Turkish soldiers. The Russian side has taken steps to a complete cease-fire by Syrian forces, the safe transport to a safe place of the dead and wounded on the ground Turkey. The Ministry stressed that the Russian aircraft in the area was not used.
foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov first said that Ankara made a number of key commitments in Idlib. For example, she did not disassociate themselves armed opposition is ready for dialogue with the government from militants.
So, in the Russian-Turkish Memorandum dated September 18, 2018 agreed at the meeting of the presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, spoke of maintaining the status quo in the presence of the Turkish military, but subject to withdrawal from Iglinskiy areas of de-escalation all terrorist radical groups of up to fifteen October 2018.
Also says that would be implemented "effective measures to ensure a sustainable cessation of hostilities" within the borders of this zone. Paragraph seven of the Memorandum foresees the joint Russian-Turkish patrols in the area.
*Terrorist organizations, banned in Russia.
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