Syria safe zones will be closed for U.S. and coalition planes
The safe zones which are being created in Syria will be closed for warplanes of the United States and those of the U.S.-led coalition, Russian news agencies quoted Russian envoy at Syria peace talks Alexander Lavrentyev as saying on Friday.
Turkey and Iran agreed on Thursday to Russia’s proposal for “de-escalation zones” in Syria, a move welcomed by the United Nations but met with scepticism from the United States.
Syria warns against safe zones set up without its consent
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Russia, U.S. diplomacy chiefs to discuss Syria safe zones this month
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will discuss de-escalation zones in Syria when they meet in Alaska this month, Russian news agencies quoted Lavrov’s deputy Mikhail Bogdanov as saying on Friday.
Lavrov and Tillerson have earlier agreed to hold talks during an Arctic Council event in Fairbanks, Alaska, on May 10-11.
Russian news agencies quoted Russian envoy at Syria peace talks Alexander Lavrentyev as saying earlier on Friday that the de-escalation, or safe zones which are being created in Syria would be closed for warplanes of the United States and those of the U.S.-led coalition.
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