President
Obama spoke today by phone with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany on
the situations in Ukraine and Syria. Regarding Ukraine, President Obama
expressed strong
support for the ongoing efforts of the Normandy Group, led by Germany
and France, to determine a way forward that leads to rapid and full
implementation of the Minsk Agreements. Both leaders urged the parties
to continue respecting the cease-fire, begin the
disengagement of forces along the line of contact as quickly as
possible, and provide international monitors unfettered access to the
entire conflict zone. The President and Chancellor strongly condemned
the barbarous Russian and Syrian regime airstrikes
against eastern Aleppo, an area populated with hundreds of thousands of
civilians, half of whom are children. They agreed Russia and the
Syrian regime bear special responsibility for ending the fighting in
Syria and granting the UN humanitarian access to
besieged and hard to reach areas in Syria.
Source: The White House, Office of the Press Secretary
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