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Syria summit says Idlib ceasefire must be safeguarded

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ISTANBUL: The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France, and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved.

The four nations “stressed the importance of a lasting ceasefire” according to a statement read at the end of an Istanbul summit by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and also called for a committee to be established to draft a new constitution for Syria before the end of the year, “paving the way for free and fair elections”.

Furthermore, French President Emmanuel Macron called on Russia, a major ally of the Syrian regime, to exercise “very clear pressure” on Damascus. “We rely on Russia to exercise very clear pressure on the regime which depends on it for survival,” Macron told a joint press conference in Istanbul.

 

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.