UN urges Putin, Erdoğan to talk urgently to avert Idlib 'bloodbath'
The leaders of Russia and Turkey should draw up a solution in the next few days to avoid a bloodbath among civilians in Syria's last rebel stronghold in the Idlib region, UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said. "A telephone call between the two of you would make a big difference," de Mistura said, addressing Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan directly in a media briefing from Geneva.
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 04 September 2018
- Modified Date: 06:33 | 04 September 2018
The UN's Syria peace envoy called Tuesday on the Russian and Turkish presidents to urgently speak to each other to help avert a "bloodbath" in rebel-held Idlib, as a military offensive appears imminent.
Staffan de Mistura appealed to "President Putin and to President Erdoğan, ... to make a telephone call," even before they are set to meet with their Iranian counterpart in Tehran on Friday.