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Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin
Russia not ready to put up with terrorists presence in Syria’s Idlib - senior diplomat
Syrian government troops had to take action to put an end to terrorist attacks on Aleppo and the neighboring settlements, Sergei Vershinin said
Russia will never put up with the presence of terrorists in Syria’s Idlib governorate as there can be no truce with them, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin said in an interview with TASS.
"We have always been saying that we cannot put up with the presence of a nest of terrorism on Syria’s national territory," he said when asked whether the Syrian government army would continue efforts to exterminate terrorists in Idlib, like it was done in Aleppo.
"It should not be our position only, it should be the position of any state. Because to fight against terrorist is not only the right by the duty of any state. There can be no ceasefire with the as far as they are terrorists. And they are. They are Jabhat al-Nusra (an extremist organization outlawed I Russia - TASS) and its modifications controlling a larger part of the Idlib governorate," he said.
The Russian senior diplomat that Russia, Iran and Turkey, or the Astana format guarantor nations, had established a de-escalation zone in Idlib and had always been saying that this was a temporary zone. "All the documents on Idlib we have ever signed either with Turkey or with Turkey and Iran stress that we are committed to Syria’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence. It is Syria’s territory," he stressed.
He emphasized that Russia "spared no effort to ensure that the ceasefire the Syrian government imposed in Idlib with our support in early January stays in place," but terrorists had continued their attack.
"After the ceasefire was declared, terrorists, and there are tens of thousands of them in Idlib, have been shelling Aleppo," he noted. "Back then, they stayed some ten-fifteen kilometers of Aleppo. They shelled the city from multiple missile launcher systems at random, i.e. targeted dwelling quarters. According to our data, eight drone attacks have been staged at Hmeymin, where our base with our personnel is located, since January 9. Security of these people is of top priority for us."
Syrian government troops had to take action to put an end to terrorist attacks on Aleppo and the neighboring settlements, he said. "We definitely support them because the Syrian government is taking action against terrorists on its own territory. Naturally, all possible measure are being taken (while fighting against terrorist in Idlib - TASS) to save civilians," he said. "A number of corridors to the government-controlled territory have been established but they are poorly used because terrorist don’t let people use them. They are a human shield for terrorists."
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Om man ska tolka detta så är det här för det första ett kraftfullt uttalande tror jag. Man har tydligen till slut tröttnat på terroristerna och tänker nu åtgärda problemet med eller utan Turkiets medverkan.
Jag har som sagt hört på annat håll att man gett klartecken till SAA att använda s300. Turkiet har svarat med mobila Stinger-typ batterier vid gränsen. Upplagt för fyrverkeri kanske.
