President
Obama spoke today by phone with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to
discuss President Putin’s June 20 meeting with President Ilham Aliyev of
Azerbaijan and Serzh Sargsian of
Armenia regarding the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
President Obama expressed his readiness to intensify efforts together
with Russia and with France, as co-Chairs of the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe Minsk Group, to achieve
a comprehensive settlement to the conflict.
On Syria,
President Obama emphasized his concerns over the failure of the Syrian
regime to comply with the Cessation of Hostilities in Syria. President
Obama stressed the importance of
Russia pressing the Syrian regime for a lasting halt to offensive
attacks against civilians and parties to the Cessation, noting the
importance of fully recommitting to the original terms of the Cessation.
The
Presidents confirmed their commitment to defeating ISIL and the Nusrah
Front, al-Qa’ida’s affiliate in Syria. President Obama also stressed
the necessity for progress on a genuine political
transition to end the conflict in Syria, as well as sustained
humanitarian access, and expressed his support for the efforts of UN
Special Representative for Syria Staffan de Mistura to make progress on
those efforts.
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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