Moscow made public the full text of the Russia-US deal on Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The text of the agreement was published on the site of the Russian Foreign Ministry. According to the Russia-US deal on Syria, force can be used for self-defense during the ceasefire, while airstrikes use of mortars and rockets, as well as the capture of territory is prohibited. The main priority in Syria, according to the document, is the demarcation of territory controlled by Daesh and al-Nusra Front terrorist groups and territories controlled by Syrian rebels. Russia and the US can exit the deal on Syria if it is not implemented, according to the text of the agreement. “Every side reserves the right to exit the deal if it believes that its provisions are not implemented.” Commenting on the release of the document, the foreign ministry said that it had proposed to make the document public, however, Washington refused to do so. The move caused “some questions about whether the US is sincere or not.”
Moscow urged Washington to make public the mandate of the joint center on the coordination of airstrikes against terrorists in Syria and the agreement on the monitoring of a road to Aleppo.
The Russian Foreign Ministry yet again urged the US to fulfill its promise and separate “moderate” Syrian rebels and al-Nusra Front as “many rebel groups Washington considers “moderate” are fighting together with al-Nusra Front and even merged with it.” “We repeat that the policy of connivance toward terrorists causes troubles,” the ministry emphasized. On September 9, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry announced a new plan on Syria, which stipulates a ceasefire that came into force on September 12. However, the cessation of hostilities was declared ineffective because of numerous violations of the ceasefire by Syrian rebels.
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