Russia
ready to support UN envoy’s proposal to allow Al Nusra to exit Aleppo with arms
– Lavrov
Published time: 7 Oct, 2016
12:29Edited time: 7 Oct, 2016 13:06
People inspect a damaged site after airstrikes in
the Karam Houmid neighbourhood in Aleppo, Syria October 4, 2016. © Abdalrhman
Ismail / Reuters
Russia is ready to urge the Syrian government to let
Al-Nusra Front militants exit Aleppo with their weapons, as proposed by the UN
envoy to Syria, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says.
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Once the jihadists exit the war-ravaged city, Syrian
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“In the first place,
those who don’t leave with ‘Nusra’ should clearly separate themselves [from
it], on paper, officially sign such a commitment,” Lavrov said.
“Maybe then the
government law enforcers and this armed opposition will be able to form some
kind of joint law-and-order bodies to ensure normal life, so that people would
feel safe,” he continued.
On Thursday, the UN’s envoy for Syria, Staffan de
Mistura, warned that East Aleppo might be destroyed within two months if the
military action in the city continues. He also urged Al-Nusra to leave the
city, saying that he is willing to personally escort them out.
“If you [Al-Nusra] did
decide to leave, in dignity with your weapons, to Idlib or anywhere you wanted
to go, I personally am ready, physically ready, to accompany you,” he said.
Lavrov noted that according to the UN estimations
there are between six and eight thousand militants in Aleppo.
“Among them up to half,
that what Mistura said in the UN Security Council [are from] ‘Jabhat Al-Nusra,”
the Russian Foreign Minister said.
If Al-Nusra exits Aleppo and moves to Idlib, where
its major forces are located, Russia “will be ready to call on the Syrian
Government to agree with that,” Lavrov added.
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