The comments came on the eve of a summit of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) in Munich on Thursday where major powers aimed at coming to an agreement on a cessation of hostilities.
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Following marathon talks in Munich, the powers, including the United States, Russia and more than a dozen other nations, reaffirmed their commitment to a political transition when conditions on the ground improved. Opposition groups gave a cautious welcome, saying there must be differences on the ground before they could work towards a permanent peace deal in Geneva.
The announcement was made by the United States Secretary of State John Kerry, his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov and the United Nations special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, BBC reported.
Under the draft plan as it stood early Thursday, Russia would take responsibility for humanitarian airdrops, avoiding potential problems of US or allied military aircraft flying over combat zones in sovereign Syrian territory.
Foreign ministers talked late into the night in Munich to try to revive the peace process, which has so far failed to halt a five-year war that has killed more than 260,000 people and displaced millions. Western countries say Russian Federation has in fact been mostly targeting other insurgent groups, including some that they support.
Russian Federation is carrying out bombing sorties around the key city of Aleppo, in support of advances by troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry “is anxious the recent aggressive actions of the Syrian government”, according to Lavrov.
The communique added that sustained humanitarian aid would begin this week to various besieged areas of Syria. Saudi Arabia is “ready” to fight in the US-led coalition against ISIS, said the spokesman of the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, Ahmed Al Assiri.
Meslet said the opposition would return to talks with the government if the plan is implemented.
The Observatory reports heavy fighting between government and opposition forces a few kilometers south, around the town of Tamoura.
This means that they have agreed to put a stop to acts of warfare in Syria as quickly as possible.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said Russian air strikes against terrorist groups would continue and again denied there had been strikes against civilians in rebel-held areas.
Initial talks were suspended just days after they began earlier this month in Geneva, in the wake of the Aleppo offensive. However, there must be severe scepticism about whether the Russians intend to stop the bombardment of rebel positions in and around Aleppo, the country’s biggest city before the war, that have resulted in regime forces on the ground (mainly Iranian-backed Shia militias and some Alawite units of the Syrian army) nearly completely cutting it off from the Turkish border.
A deal to end fighting in Syria requires a “change in behaviour” from the regime of President Assad and his ally, Russia, to succeed, he said.
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Kerry acknowledged that the Munich meeting produced commitments on paper only. “Turkey has over two million refugees”, said Salem.
