Putin stresses the need to provide, organize humanitarian aid to Syria

MOSCOW, (ST)- President Vladimir Putin of Russia has stressed the need to effectively confront the terrorist threat and organize comprehensive humanitarian aid to Syria.

A statement issued by the Kremlin on Monday following a phone conversation between President Putin and his French counterpart Emanuel Macron, said that the two leaders discussed developments in Syria, the crisis in Ukraine and several other issues of common concern.

The two presidents focused on Syria, affirming the importance of launching the work of the Constitutional Committee. They also emphasized that comprehensive humanitarian aid to Syria should be organized.

 The crisis in Ukraine and as well as the Russian-French ties were also among the topics discussed by the two leaders who stressed continuous contacts between the two countries on all issues, particularly the effective confrontation of the terrorist threat in the world.

Hamda Mustafa