A truce in Syria brokered by Russia and the United States begins at 16:00 GMT, the Russian General Staff announced Monday.
“In line with the [Russia-US] agreements, the ceasefire regime on the whole territory of the Syrian Arab Republic comes into force on Monday at 19:00 pm Moscow time [16:00 GMT],” Chief of the General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy said.
Moreover, Russia and the US are setting up a joint center to designate terrorist targets in Syria. Russian military jets will continue to carry out strikes against terrorist targets, he said.
“The Russian Aerospace Forces will continue airstrikes against terrorist targets in Syria. The Russian and US sides create a joint center that will help coordinate strikes by Russian and US-led coalition’s aircraft to designate targets.”
Russia will use drones to monitor Syrian ceasefire, Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudkoy said.
“We have all means and possibilities to receive objective information on situation on the ground.”
On Friday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry announced a new plan aimed at reducing violence in Syria, which includes a week-long ceasefire. The two sides said they expected that the truce would evolve into a permanent cessation of hostilities.
The agreement also includes the creation of a demilitarized zone around Syria’s Aleppo to deliver humanitarian aid to the city, as well as close coordination of Russian and US airstrikes against the so-called “Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham,” formerly known as al-Nusra Front, and ISIL terrorist groups operating in Syria.
Source: Sputnik
