In a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State
John Kerry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reminded that
Washington has failed to separate opposition from terrorists in
Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
"Russian Aerospace Forces and Syrian Air Forces have conducted
no flights in that area for already four weeks, but Washington has
failed to separate the units of ‘moderate’ opposition from
terrorist groups, although it undertook commitment to do it within
seven days in case the flights stop," the ministry said.
The sides "agreed to continue bilateral expert
consultations".
As the situation in Syria was discussed, Lavrov stressed that
the armed groups in eastern Aleppo and a so-called ‘Local Council’
in that part of the city refuse to cooperate in settling the
situation.
"It was stated that Russia’s Aerospace Force and the Syrian Air
Force have made no flights in that area for the past four weeks,
while Washington has not separated ‘moderate’ opposition groups
that enjoy its backing from terrorist factions, although it had
pledged to do so within seven days following the suspension of
Russian air raids," the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "It was
agreed to go ahead with bilateral consultations to find ways of
achieving normalization.".