Russia’s U.N. ambassador says the most urgent task now in Syria is to end all military activities and resume negotiations between the government and opposition.
Vitaly Churkin has told the Security Council on Friday that “Damascus has more than once confirmed its readiness to take part in these negotiations.”
Churkin reiterated that from the beginning of the Syrian crisis, Russia has been in favor of a peaceful resolution while respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country.
Evacuations from eastern Aleppo seal the end of the Syrian rebels’ most important stronghold and mark a watershed moment in the country’s civil war, now in its sixth year.
