Dushanbe, 24.02.2016. (NIAT “Khovar”). — Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Syrian counterpart Bashar Assad have held a telephone conversation and discussed Syrian settlement issues, the Kremlin’s press-service said.
“During conversation, various aspects of the Syrian crisis were discussed in the light of the tasks to implement the statement Russia and the United States made as co-chairs of the International Syria Support Group on the cessation of hostilities in Syria as of February 27, 2016”, — the Kremlin said.
“B. Assad described the proposals contained in the aforesaid statement as an important stride towards a political settlement. In part, he confirmed the Syrian government’s readiness to promote truce”, — the statement says.
V. Putin and B. Assad underscored the importance of uncompromising struggle against the Islamic State, Jabhat al-Nusra and other terrorist groups included in the corresponding list of the UN Security Council, the Kremlin added.
According to the press service, B. Assad assessed the Russian-US joint statement as an important step towards settlement in Syria and confirmed his readiness to cooperate.