The head of the EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, welcomed the ceasefire in the Syrian Idlib reached at the Russian-Turkish summit in Moscow, Reuters reported.
“The ceasefire is good news. Let’s see how it works, but it is a precondition to increase humanitarian help for the people in Idlib,” Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, told reporters before chairing a meeting of EU foreign ministers in the Croatian capital.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed on a ceasefire and other steps aimed at stabilizing the situation in Syria’s Idlib province at the talks in Moscow on Thursday. According to the agreements, the hostilities in Idlib should be terminated along the entire line of contact after the ceasefire comes into force on March 6. Russia and Turkey will begin joint patrolling along the M-4 road in Syria on March 15, where a security corridor will be set up. Moscow and Ankara reaffirmed their commitment to preserving Syria’s sovereignty and agreed to continue the fight against terrorism.