the US does not consider the supply of weapons to militants in Aleppo, but other countries can do it, if the cessation of hostilities fails, said state Department spokesman mark Toner.
According to him, the situation in Syria is “terrible, but it could get worse.” He was asked the question of what additional means of influence on the situation have now the United States and could be one of these tools weapons in Aleppo opponents of the current authorities of Syria, reports TASS.
“I don’t think any of us would like to see a situation in which other governments would be arming or enhancing weapons to rebel groups fighting on the ground,” said the American diplomat. – But this, of course, a scenario that is possible. And we’re just saying it can happen, if we see that the cessation of hostilities has again failed and the conflict resumed without any restrictions”.
“nobody wants That, – said the representative of the foreign Department of the USA. We still believe that there is a space for a diplomatic solution. We have not abandoned these efforts. And we will seek such a diplomatic solution to the last”.
Later, Toner was asked to clarify, the motion is that the U.S. government can do to start to act in a specified scenario. To this he replied that talked about “other governments” and “States did not consider”.
According to Toner, the “doors” to a settlement in Syria on the basis of the aforesaid agreement, “not yet closed”, but “about to close”.
“a Certain answer I have,” the diplomat said. – I can’t give an exact date, the exact hour when this “door” closes. But I think this is very close.”
Toner could not clarify whether there will be mentioned “closing of the doors automatically after a certain time or he will need to make some additional decisions. He, however, noted that “in the conditions of a front offensive” in Aleppo, “it is hard to believe a real diplomatic process.”
“This is a very difficult situation. No one denies that the agreement in Geneva our task was the division of the opposition (the opposition and terrorists), and Russia – to influence the regime to stop attacking civilian targets”, – quotes its words of RIA “news”.
“the Opposition is not innocent. But the situation of recent days shows that the Syrian regime is supported by Russia, increasingly provoked the aggravation of the situation last days,” he said.
“it is Absolutely right to say that we with Russia discussed how to carry out the separation in places where there is a partial coincidence of the positions of extremists, in particular, from the terrorist group “dzhebhat an-Nusra” (banned in Russia) and the moderate opposition, the diplomat said. According to him, all the plans of the establishment in Syria of the cease of hostilities was based on the “seven-day period of silence.”
“If it was done, then the regime would stop the flights of aircraft and we, in coordination with Russia would be hit by “dzhebhat an-Nusra,” said Toner. – The members of the opposition, which have in the meantime distanced himself from “Dzhebhat EN-Nusra”, would be considered part of its units and legitimately could be considered as a target.
He said that the positions of the militants and groups of the so-called moderate opposition coincided “in certain districts of Eastern Aleppo”.
“We wanted together with Russia to reach the possibility of strategic offensive against “dzhebhat an-Nusra”, – claimed the spokesman.
“It was about more targeted attacks on “dzhebhat an-Nusra”, – he explained. But we never came. And not even close at the moment”.
recently, the German magazine Focus with reference to one of the commanders of the terrorist organization reported that the militants “dzhebhat an-Nusra” in Syria receive TOW anti-tank missiles directly from the United States. The state Department has denied supplying weapons “dzhebhat an-Nusra”.
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