Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Monday to discuss the conflict in Ukraine and the ongoing war in Syria, CNN reported.
Germany’s top diplomat criticized Russia’s so-called daily three-hour cease-fires in the Syrian city of Aleppo. He said they are not enough to alleviate the current humanitarian crisis in the city.
Lavrov pointed out that earlier short-term truces had only helped terrorists replenish munitions and ranks.
On Monday, Russia begins naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean Sea off the Syrian coast, KCTV 5 News reported.
On Monday, UPI reported an aide for Chancellor Angela Merkel as saying that “a decision by Russia to suspend military operations for 3 hours each day is not enough.”
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