Russia, Iran, and Turkey vow to speed up ceasefire in Syria
(VOVworld) – Russia, Iran and Turkey said they were ready speed up the peace deal in Syria. This was agreed at a meeting in Moscow on Tuesday between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian and Turkish counterparts in a bid to seek ways to assure a ceasefire being implemented in Syria.
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| Foreign Ministers from Russia, , Iran, and Turkey (Photo: VNA) |
Top diplomats also discussed a specific time for the ceasefire to take effect, as well as the evacuation of civilians from hostility zones. They agreed that military force was not an effective way to peace in Syria. Russia, Iran, and Turkey also stressed the importance of political measures, saying tasks to resolve the Syrian crisis were in line with related United Nations attempts to end the violence in Syria.