Diplomacy

Syria-contact group seeks cease-fire within a week

“If a breakthrough was, we will only be in a few days’ notice,” said foreign Minister Steinmeier. The Syria contact group penetrates at a Meeting in Munich on a quick cease-fire and humanitarian aid.

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In the case of the Syria negotiations in Munich, Germany, Russia, the United States and important regional powers a cease-fire in the Bürgerkriegsland within a week to set a goal. German foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (in the article) said after the difficult hours of negotiations in the early Friday morning: “It has a date today, given that we immediately start with a – as we have said – significant reduction of violence. And that is supposed to lead in a week in an end to the hostilities.”

Test, be a complicated task

The exception are the attacks on the Terrormiliz “Islamic state” (IS).
Steinmeier emphasised: “If a breakthrough was that we are only in a few days.” Also US Secretary of state John Kerry said: “The real test will be whether all members of a group in the reality of the obligations.” Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the envisaged cease-fire: “This is a complicated task. There are too many forces, the military-to-military activities are involved.” Russia will be the with the air raids on the IS-associations to carry on. In the run-up to the deliberations, Russia was accused to have been, with the military Occur on the side of the Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, the fighting is still fired up to have.

Counterparties? Partner? The Russian Lavrov (left) and the Americans Kerry

The so-called Syria-Unterstützergruppe, including the major regional powers, Iran and Saudi Arabia belong to, it was in Munich too that there is rapid humanitarian aid to besieged places, needed to give. Kerry said: “All were about the urgency of humanitarian aid agreed.” Such confession, however, there are also not for the first Time.

After the deliberations of the Kontakrgtuppe should the Sitation in Syria in the course of the day will also be the focus of the Munich security conference (MSC). Before the start of the meeting were Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev’s strong words to hear.

A “world war” to worry about?

A “world war” is likely in the case of the deployment of Western or Arab ground troops to Syria, said Medvedev. Ground troops would Suffer in Syria to indefinitely extend, he told the “Handelsblatt”. In view of the many different warring parties in Syria, said Medvedev for negotiations as the sole option to end the conflict. And it connected with a sharp warning: “All sides need to be forced to the negotiating table to take a seat, instead of a new world war trigger.”

Also at the refugee policy of Germany and the European Union had Medvedev not good hair. “The European migration policy is completely failed. Everything is very terrible,” he said. The Russian Prime Minister called it a completely incalculable security risk, hundreds of thousands of refugees largely uncontrolled by the EU to wander.

ml/se (rtr, dpa, afp)