A briefing by Major General Igor Konashenkov with data on the start of the work of the Coordination Center at the Khmeimim airbase
analysis and planning group
negotiating team
group making agreements and interacting with foreign organizations
information support team
A group of humanitarian assistance to the population of Syria.
Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation voiced the main tasks of the Coordination Center:
receiving, via a single telephone number and e-mail address, appeals from representatives of local authorities and armed groups about the desire to cease hostilities and begin negotiations on reconciliation;
providing maximum assistance to all who contact the Center for the organization of contacts and further cooperation with the Syrian authorities to sign agreements on the cessation of hostilities and reconciliation;
interaction with international organizations on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria’s population and the return of refugees from other regions, as well as countries.
It is noted that the work of the center is covered by various media, including the Syrian. Also used to inform the use of SMS-mailing and other tools.
According to Igor Konashenkov, the first information about the groups who want to add up weapon, come from the provinces of Lattakia, Hama, Homs, Daraa and Damascus.
From the briefing of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
The representative of the Defense Ministry noted that the Russian-American agreement does not suit Turkey, which continues to strike at the positions of the Kurdish militia in the north of the SAR. Shelling of Syrian settlements from the Turkish heavy artillery is noted.
MO RF:
Igor Konashenkov noted that Russia had transferred the data to the US military embassy in the US embassy within the framework of the agreements reached on Syria, however, a day later the American side did not send the response data to the Russian military.
Commentary of the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation:
Mr. Cook for some reason said the other day that the cease-fire in Syria is a test for the Russian authorities. Mr Cook would have to temper his ardor and focus on the activities associated with the organization he represents. That is - the Pentagon. To do this to him, unlike his predecessors without knowledge of military affairs, is not easy. So he seeks to compensate for their failures loud blunders. You have to be modest. Yes, and more professional.
There are reports in the media about the alleged development by our American partners of some plans under the conditional names “B” and other letters of the alphabet. The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation is determined, and moreover, they have begun concrete and difficult practical work on reconciliation in the Syrian Arab Republic. We hope that our American partners, instead of letters and words, will move to concrete deeds as soon as possible.
Major General Konashenkov noted that recently, the activity of Russian aircraft in the Syrian sky has somewhat decreased. Russian aviation It does not strike in those territories where information comes to the Coordination Center about the readiness of individual groups to lay down their arms. The attacks on the militants Jabhat-en-Nusra and ISIS, meanwhile, continue.
MO RF:
In the province of Hama, Russian aircraft destroyed the 10 strongholds of terrorists and at least fifty fifty militants themselves. Several terrorist SUVs were eliminated and a 1 tank was shot down. In the area of Palmyra, a Su-34 bomber destroyed X-Numx IG mortar batteries along with calculations and 2 armored vehicles. In the province of Aleppo, a group of 2 militants was destroyed from the air, as well as an 10 SUV equipped with machine guns. In the province of Rakka, Russian aircraft destroyed a convoy of terrorists' vehicles carrying weapons and ammunition to the province of Deir ez-Zor.
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