President
Obama spoke today by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to
share his concern over the status of the Cessation of Hostilities in
Syria between the Syrian
regime and its allies on the one hand and the armed opposition on the
other. President Obama stressed the importance of pressing the Syrian
regime to halt its offensive attacks against the opposition. The two
leaders committed to intensify their efforts
to shore up the Cessation of Hostilities and affirmed the need to end
attacks by all parties and ensure humanitarian access to all besieged
areas. President Obama also stressed that progress on these issues
needed to be made in parallel to progress on political
transition to end the conflict in Syria.
On
Ukraine, President Obama urged President Putin to take steps to end the
significant uptick in fighting in eastern Ukraine and stressed the
urgent importance of moving forward
with full implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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